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contentless

/ˈkɒn.tɛnt.lɪs/US/ˈkɑn.tɛnt.lɪs/

contentless adjective: lacking content.

Adjective (1)

contentless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking content.
    • a beautiful but essentially contentless book

Adjective (2)

IPA/kənˈtɛnt.lɪs/

contentless (comparative more contentless, superlative most contentless)

  1. Discontented; dissatisfied.
    • Best state, contentless, / Hath a distracted and most wretched being, / Worse than the worst, content.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Antonyms of contentless

Forms of contentless

comparativemore contentless
superlativemost contentless

Origin of contentless

From content (“subject matter”) + -less.

From content (“contentment, satisfaction”) + -less.

Words formed from contentless

Questions about contentless

What does contentless mean?
Contentless means lacking content.
What part of speech is contentless?
Contentless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce contentless?
Contentless is pronounced /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.lɪs/ (UK).

Words near contentless in the dictionary

  1. contentious
  2. contentiously
  3. contentiousness
  4. contentive
  5. contentives
  6. contentless
  7. contentlessness
  8. contently
  9. contentment
  10. contentments
  11. contentness

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