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heellessness

heellessness noun: absence of a heel or heels.

Noun

heellessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of a heel or heels.
    • Spiked heels collapse to heellessness or stretch into knee boots. Nylon stockings become leotard encasements.1971, James Playsted Wood, This little pig: the story of marketing, page 128
    • Even co-eds like to pad around in sneakers, if they are accustomed to low heels, or heellessness. But that's quite a big "if." Remember, your heel tendon shortens with the wearing of higher heels […]1963, Science Digest, volumes 53-54, page 21

Origin of heellessness

From heelless + -ness.

Questions about heellessness

What does heellessness mean?
Heellessness means absence of a heel or heels.
What part of speech is heellessness?
Heellessness is a noun.

Words near heellessness in the dictionary

  1. heeling over
  2. heeling up
  3. heelings
  4. heelish
  5. heelless
  6. heellessness
  7. heelmaker
  8. heelmakers
  9. heelmaking
  10. heelpalm
  11. heelpalms

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