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mealless

mealless adjective: without a meal.

Adjective

mealless (not comparable)

  1. Without a meal.
    • One afternoon Laura damaged some furniture, and Mr. Sherman prescribed as her punishment a mealless evening.1994, Gerald Handel, Gail G. Whitchurch, The psychosocial interior of the family, page 617

Origin of mealless

From meal + -less.

Questions about mealless

What does mealless mean?
Mealless means without a meal.
What part of speech is mealless?
Mealless is an adjective.

Words near mealless in the dictionary

  1. mealiness
  2. mealinesses
  3. mealing
  4. Mealings
  5. Meall
  6. mealless
  7. Mealls
  8. mealman
  9. mealmen
  10. mealmonger
  11. mealmongers

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