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pretenseless

pretenseless adjective: not having or making pretenses.

Adjective

pretenseless (comparative more pretenseless, superlative most pretenseless)

  1. Not having or making pretenses.

Forms of pretenseless

comparativemore pretenseless
superlativemost pretenseless

Origin of pretenseless

From pretense + -less.

Questions about pretenseless

What does pretenseless mean?
Pretenseless means not having or making pretenses.
What part of speech is pretenseless?
Pretenseless is an adjective.

Words near pretenseless in the dictionary

  1. pretendresses
  2. pretends
  3. pretense
  4. pretensed
  5. pretenseful
  6. pretenseless
  7. pretenses
  8. pretension
  9. pretensional
  10. pretensioned
  11. pretensioner

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