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shackless

shackless adjective: without a shack or shacks.

Adjective

shackless (not comparable)

  1. Without a shack or shacks.
    • Near-synonyms: hutless, cabinless, houseless, buildingless
  2. Not housed in a shack.
    • Near-synonyms: hutless, houseless, homeless, unhoused
    • The poorest of the poor are truly destitute, with so few assets they are basically shackless.2014, George W. Norton, Hunger and Hope: Escaping Poverty and Achieving Food Security in Developing ...

Synonyms of shackless

Origin of shackless

From shack + -less.

Questions about shackless

What does shackless mean?
Shackless means without a shack or shacks.
What part of speech is shackless?
Shackless is an adjective.

Words near shackless in the dictionary

  1. Shacklefords
  2. shackleless
  3. shackler
  4. shacklers
  5. shackles
  6. shackless
  7. shacklest
  8. shackleth
  9. Shackleton
  10. Shackletonian
  11. Shackletons

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