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passless

US/ˈpæsləs/

passless adjective: offering no way to pass; impassable.

Adjective

passless (not comparable)

  1. Offering no way to pass; impassable.
    • Behold what passless rocks on either hand1656, Abraham Cowley, The Plagues of Egypt
  2. Without a pass (authorization document).
    • Demonstrators were instructed to leave their passes at their homes and present themselves passless at police stations.1987, Michael Dingake, My Fight Against Apartheid, page 57

Origin of passless

From pass + -less.

Questions about passless

What does passless mean?
Passless means offering no way to pass; impassable.
What part of speech is passless?
Passless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce passless?
Passless is pronounced /ˈpæsləs/ (US).

Words near passless in the dictionary

  1. passivizers
  2. passivizes
  3. passivizing
  4. passkey
  5. passkeys
  6. passless
  7. passman
  8. Passmans
  9. passmen
  10. passment
  11. passments

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