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quarterless

quarterless adjective: without quarter; merciless.

Adjective

quarterless (not comparable)

  1. Without quarter; merciless.
    • Many, long since outmatched in the quarterless battle for existence, still clung, bleached and ghastly, like upstanding skeletons...1922, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's magazine, volume 72
  2. (US) That does not require quarters (coins) to operate

Origin of quarterless

From quarter + -less.

Questions about quarterless

What does quarterless mean?
Quarterless means without quarter; merciless.
What part of speech is quarterless?
Quarterless is an adjective.

Words near quarterless in the dictionary

  1. quarterized
  2. quarterizes
  3. quarterizing
  4. quarterland
  5. quarterlands
  6. quarterless
  7. quarterlies
  8. quarterlife
  9. quarterlifer
  10. quarterlifers
  11. quarterlight

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