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heroless

heroless adjective: without a hero.

Adjective

heroless (not comparable)

  1. Without a hero.
    • In this heroless age, I knew that young adults need to hear what Rocky had to say. I knew that a person with his kind of charisma could get through with a message of the survival of that spirit.1982, Rocky Sickmann, Erin Leslie Antrim, Iranian Hostage: A Personal Diary of 444 Days in Captivity

Origin of heroless

From hero + -less.

Words formed from heroless

Questions about heroless

What does heroless mean?
Heroless means without a hero.
What part of speech is heroless?
Heroless is an adjective.

Words near heroless in the dictionary

  1. heroizations
  2. heroize
  3. heroized
  4. heroizes
  5. heroizing
  6. heroless
  7. herolessness
  8. herolike
  9. HeroMari
  10. heron
  11. heron's bill

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