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exceptless

exceptless adjective: that makes no exception; universal, unexcepting.

Adjective

exceptless (comparative more exceptless, superlative most exceptless)

  1. (obsolete, rare) That makes no exception; universal, unexcepting.
    • my general and exceptless rashnessc. 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...
    • 17 February 1788, Edmund Burke, speech in the impeachment of Warren Hastings
      a general (almost exceptless) confiscation

Forms of exceptless

comparativemore exceptless
superlativemost exceptless

Origin of exceptless

From except (“to leave out”) + -less, a rather unexpected formation as -less is usually attached to nouns.

Questions about exceptless

What does exceptless mean?
Exceptless means that makes no exception; universal, unexcepting.
What part of speech is exceptless?
Exceptless is an adjective.

Words near exceptless in the dictionary

  1. exceptious
  2. exceptiousness
  3. exceptive
  4. exceptively
  5. exceptivity
  6. exceptless
  7. exceptor
  8. exceptors
  9. excepts
  10. excerbation
  11. excercise

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