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no-life

no-life noun: one who does not have a social life.

Noun

no-life (plural no-lifes or no-lives)

  1. (derogatory, informal) One who does not have a social life.

Adjective

no-life (comparative more no-life, superlative most no-life)

  1. Having no social life.
    • Think you have to be a no-life brainiac to launch your career into the stratosphere?1999 March, Megan Fitzmorris McCafferty, “Will you hit the big time?”, in Cosmopolitan, volume 226, number 3, page 159

Verb

no-life (third-person singular simple present no-lifes, present participle no-lifing, simple past and past participle no-lifed)

  1. (transitive) To spend most or all one's time on.

Forms of no-life

Noun
pluralno-lifes
pluralno-lives
Adjective
comparativemore no-life
superlativemost no-life
Verb
third-person singular presentno-lifes
present participleno-lifing
past participleno-lifed
pastno-lifed

Questions about no-life

What does no-life mean?
No-life means one who does not have a social life.
What part of speech is no-life?
No-life can be a noun, an adjective or a verb.
What is the plural of no-life?
The plural of no-life is no-lifes.

Words near no-life in the dictionary

  1. no-kill shelter
  2. no-kill shelters
  3. no-knock
  4. no-legged
  5. no-leggeds
  6. no-life
  7. no-lifed
  8. no-lifer
  9. no-lifers
  10. no-lifes
  11. no-lifing

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