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paintless

paintless adjective: without paint: unpainted (of an object), not involving paint (of a finishing process), or whose paint has worn off (of an object).

Adjective

paintless (not comparable)

  1. Without paint: unpainted (of an object), not involving paint (of a finishing process), or whose paint has worn off (of an object).
    • In 1919, demobilisation specials from Purfleet, Essex, to the North, usually made up of nondescript, almost paintless or grey stock which had seen long wartime service, chalked with slogans, were worked through by way of Bromley and the North London line […].1950 April, R. A. H. Weight, “They Passed by My Window”, in Railway Magazine, pages 258-259
    • Residences of a development named Hilltop Place mimic wooden farmhouses with barns attached, painted gray to look paintless but remain tidy.2000, Donald Hall, Here at Eagle Pond

Origin of paintless

From paint + -less.

Words formed from paintless

Questions about paintless

What does paintless mean?
Paintless means without paint: unpainted (of an object), not involving paint (of a finishing process), or whose paint has worn off (of an object).
What part of speech is paintless?
Paintless is an adjective.

Words near paintless in the dictionary

  1. paintinglike
  2. paintingness
  3. paintings
  4. paintjob
  5. paintjobs
  6. paintless
  7. paintlessness
  8. paintlike
  9. paintmaker
  10. paintmakers
  11. paintmaking

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