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pretenceless

pretenceless is the alternative form of pretenseless.

Meaning of pretenseless

Adjective

pretenseless (comparative more pretenseless, superlative most pretenseless)

  1. Not having or making pretenses.

Forms of pretenceless

comparativemore pretenceless
superlativemost pretenceless

Origin of pretenceless

From pretence + -less.

Questions about pretenceless

What is pretenceless the alternative form of?
Pretenceless is the alternative form of pretenseless.

Words near pretenceless in the dictionary

  1. pretells
  2. pretelson
  3. pretelsons
  4. pretemporal
  5. pretence
  6. pretenceless
  7. pretences
  8. pretend
  9. pretendant
  10. pretendants
  11. pretended

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pretenceless (page history and authors); pretenseless (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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