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danceless

danceless adjective: without dancing.

Adjective

danceless (not comparable)

  1. Without dancing.
  2. Without rhythm suitable for dancing.
    • Popular music, finally, is contemplative art—a surprising claim, perhaps, given its association with dance and its divergence from danceless art music.2014, Kofi Agawu, Representing African Music, page 149

Origin of danceless

From dance + -less.

Words formed from danceless

Questions about danceless

What does danceless mean?
Danceless means without dancing.
What part of speech is danceless?
Danceless is an adjective.

Words near danceless in the dictionary

  1. dancegoers
  2. dancegoing
  3. dancehall
  4. dancehalls
  5. Dancel
  6. danceless
  7. dancelessness
  8. dancelike
  9. danceline
  10. dancelines
  11. Dancels

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