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dowless

dowless adjective: feeble; lacking spirit or activity; shiftless.

Adjective

dowless (comparative more dowless, superlative most dowless)

  1. Feeble; lacking spirit or activity; shiftless.

Proper noun capitalized: Dowless

Dowless (plural Dowlesses)

  1. A surname.

Forms of dowless

Adjective
comparativemore dowless
superlativemost dowless
alternative formdoless
Proper noun
pluralDowlesses

Origin of dowless

From dow + -less.

Unexplained.

Questions about dowless

What does dowless mean?
Dowless means feeble; lacking spirit or activity; shiftless.
What part of speech is dowless?
Dowless can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near dowless in the dictionary

  1. Dowlen
  2. Dowlens
  3. Dowler
  4. Dowlers
  5. dowles
  6. dowless
  7. Dowlesses
  8. Dowling
  9. Dowlings
  10. dowlne
  11. dowls

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