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runless

runless adjective: without runs, or not susceptible to runs.

Adjective

runless (not comparable)

  1. Without runs, or not susceptible to runs.
    • Some of them will be mini-distresses: you get into a traffic jam that causes a minor delay; your garbage disposal breaks down and you have to call a repairman; you discover your daughter has absconded with your last pair of runless hose […]1985, Gail Gross, Honora M. Finkelstein, Beautiful skin, page 162
  2. Without runs scored (in cricket, baseball, etc.).

Origin of runless

From run + -less.

Words formed from runless

Questions about runless

What does runless mean?
Runless means without runs, or not susceptible to runs.
What part of speech is runless?
Runless is an adjective.

Words near runless in the dictionary

  1. runkles
  2. runkling
  3. Runks
  4. runlength
  5. runlengths
  6. runless
  7. runlessness
  8. runlet
  9. runlets
  10. runlevel
  11. runlevels

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