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fingerless

fingerless adjective: without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.

Adjective

fingerless (not comparable)

  1. Without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.
    • born with a fingerless hand
  2. With holes, such that the fingers are not covered.
    • fingerless gloves
    • And while his signature starched collar and fingerless gloves are yet to make an appearance, his looks are already topped off with another of his soon-to-be trademarks: a pair of dark aviator sunglasses.2024 June 3, Caitlin Chatterton, “‘Becoming Karl Lagerfeld:’ A flattering sketch of a controversial designer”, in CNN

Origin of fingerless

From finger + -less.

Words formed from fingerless

Questions about fingerless

What does fingerless mean?
Fingerless means without fingers owing to either a birth defect or amputation.
What part of speech is fingerless?
Fingerless is an adjective.

Words near fingerless in the dictionary

  1. fingerholes
  2. fingering
  3. fingerings
  4. fingerish
  5. fingerite
  6. fingerless
  7. fingerlessness
  8. fingerlet
  9. fingerlets
  10. fingerlike
  11. fingerling

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