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chinless

chinless adjective: without a (pronounced) chin.

Adjective

chinless (not comparable)

  1. Without a (pronounced) chin.
    • Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent.1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html
    • 'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess.1970, Bevis Hillier, Cartoons and caricatures, page 152
  2. Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.

Synonyms of chinless

Origin of chinless

From chin + -less.

Words formed from chinless

Phrases with chinless

Questions about chinless

What does chinless mean?
Chinless means without a (pronounced) chin.
What part of speech is chinless?
Chinless is an adjective.

Words near chinless in the dictionary

  1. chinky
  2. Chinland
  3. Chinle
  4. Chinle Creek
  5. Chinle Wash
  6. chinless
  7. chinless wonder
  8. chinless wonders
  9. chinlessness
  10. Chinley
  11. Chinley, Buxworth and Brownside

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