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playless

playless adjective: devoid of play (recreational activities).

Adjective

playless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of play (recreational activities).
  2. Without plays (theatrical works).
    • Despite his repeated insistence that the theater should dispense with plays, his own work in the theater was far from playless.1976, Susan Sontag, editor, Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings, page xliii

Origin of playless

From play + -less.

Words formed from playless

Questions about playless

What does playless mean?
Playless means devoid of play (recreational activities).
What part of speech is playless?
Playless is an adjective.

Words near playless in the dictionary

  1. playings
  2. playland
  3. playlands
  4. playleader
  5. playleaders
  6. playless
  7. playlessness
  8. playlet
  9. playlets
  10. playlike
  11. playline

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