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rhythmless

rhythmless adjective: without rhythm.

Adjective

rhythmless (not comparable)

  1. Without rhythm.
    • ‘OK,’ Fatou said, and set off, and she found that each lap was more distracted and rhythmless than the last. She was not used to being watched while she swam.2013, Zadie Smith, The Embassy of Cambodia, Hamish Hamilton, page 62

Origin of rhythmless

From rhythm + -less.

Words formed from rhythmless

Questions about rhythmless

What does rhythmless mean?
Rhythmless means without rhythm.
What part of speech is rhythmless?
Rhythmless is an adjective.

Words near rhythmless in the dictionary

  1. rhythmizations
  2. rhythmize
  3. rhythmized
  4. rhythmizes
  5. rhythmizing
  6. rhythmless
  7. rhythmlessly
  8. rhythmlessness
  9. rhythmogenesis
  10. rhythmogenetic
  11. rhythmogenic

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