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prizeless

prizeless adjective: without a prize.

Adjective

prizeless (not comparable)

  1. Without a prize.
    • Monty tells you that after you pick a door he will open a prizeless door from the remaining two, and that he will then give you the option of either staying with your original choice and getting a guaranteed bonus of $100 or switching to the one remaining unopened door without getting any bonus.2009, Jason Rosenhouse, The Monty Hall problem

Origin of prizeless

From prize + -less.

Questions about prizeless

What does prizeless mean?
Prizeless means without a prize.
What part of speech is prizeless?
Prizeless is an adjective.

Words near prizeless in the dictionary

  1. prizegivers
  2. prizegiving
  3. prizegivings
  4. prizeholder
  5. prizeholders
  6. prizeless
  7. prizelike
  8. prizelist
  9. prizelists
  10. prizeman
  11. prizemen

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