lackless
UK/ˈlækləs/
lackless adjective: devoid of lack.
Adjective (1)
lackless (not comparable)
- Devoid of lack.
- Realizing as they do the necessity for reaching a class that they regard as beneath their own, they attempt to ' write down ' to their readers, and they are apt to do this with an insolence and a lackless condescension that are a positive insult to those whom they address.1905, The Literary Digest, volume 31, page 530
- Fellini argues in Ginger and Fred that the rise of Italian commercial TV promotes an unself-conscious culture of narcissism, a space that is all image and no interiority and that corresponds to a mode of desire at once subjectless and lackless. The cinema, even in the form of Hollywood productions...2012, Alessia Ricciardi, After La Dolce Vita: A Cultural Prehistory of Berlusconi's Italy
Adjective (2)
lackless (comparative more lackless, superlative most lackless)
- hapless; unfortunate
- Courts martial convened at the courthouse quite frequently for the trial of offenders against the militia law, and many a lackless delinquent was fined for his non-attendance at drills or musters, or for other offenses.1913, Albert J. Roof, Past and Present of Livingston County, Missouri
- John Doe with gifts was richly blessed; he might have distanced all the rest, had fortune kindly been; but fortune put the kibosh on the efforts of the lackless John, and never won a grin. I wonder why an Edgar Poe found life a wilderness of woe, and starved in garrets bare, while bards who cannot...1915, The Reformatory Press, volume 17, page 51
Examples of lackless in a sentence
- In order to continue to not be lacking, you must receive the joy as well, which others have available in their “lackless” supply of joy.2016, James Nussbaumer, Mastering Your Own Spiritual Freedom:
- John Doe with gifts was richly blessed; he might have distanced all the rest, had fortune kindly been; but fortune put the kibosh on the efforts of the lackless John, and never won a grin.1915, The Reformatory Press, volume 17, page 51:
Synonyms of lackless
Forms of lackless
| comparative | more lackless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most lackless |
Origin of lackless
From Middle English lackles, lakles, lacles, equivalent to lack + -less.
Probably a special development of the above, influenced by luckless.
Words formed from lackless
Questions about lackless
- What does lackless mean?
- Lackless means devoid of lack.
- How do you use lackless in a sentence?
- In order to continue to not be lacking, you must receive the joy as well, which others have available in their “lackless” supply of joy.
- What part of speech is lackless?
- Lackless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce lackless?
- Lackless is pronounced /ˈlækləs/ (UK).
Words near lackless in the dictionary
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