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gripless

gripless adjective: lacking a grip.

Adjective

gripless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a grip.
    • Nothing beats outside basketball with a gripless rubber ball, a chain net, and a bent rim.2014, Mike Westveer, Growing Up Gateway, page 105

Origin of gripless

From grip + -less.

Words formed from gripless

Questions about gripless

What does gripless mean?
Gripless means lacking a grip.
What part of speech is gripless?
Gripless is an adjective.

Words near gripless in the dictionary

  1. griphopiths
  2. griping
  3. gripingly
  4. gripings
  5. griple
  6. gripless
  7. griplessness
  8. gripman
  9. gripmen
  10. gripment
  11. gripopterygid

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