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plightless

plightless adjective: devoid of plight.

Adjective

plightless (comparative more plightless, superlative most plightless)

  1. Devoid of plight
    • Finally arrives the prospect of storing up a “potentiality” of powers which can be sufficient, in the most plightless moment of the age of the complete lack of a sense of plight, to deliver up the globe, along with its atmosphere, to an explosive charge.2013, Martin Heidegger, The Event, page 85

Forms of plightless

comparativemore plightless
superlativemost plightless

Origin of plightless

From Middle English plightles, plyȝtles, equivalent to plight + -less.

Questions about plightless

What does plightless mean?
Plightless means devoid of plight.
What part of speech is plightless?
Plightless is an adjective.

Words near plightless in the dictionary

  1. plighter
  2. plighters
  3. plightful
  4. plighting
  5. plightings
  6. plightless
  7. plightly
  8. plights
  9. plighty
  10. pligs
  11. plim

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