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shockless

shockless adjective: not causing, or not undergoing, a shock or shocks.

Adjective

shockless (not generally comparable, comparative more shockless, superlative most shockless)

  1. (not comparable, usually) Not causing, or not undergoing, a shock or shocks.
    • For many years there has been a strong demand for a shockless railway crossing from a general public in cities […]1915, E.S.Cobb, Los Angeles, Water & Sewage Works, Volume 48, California
    • [The reason] the equipment is carried in a compartment rather than the baggage car is to give it a more shockless ride.1940, Broadcasting, volume 19, page 64

Forms of shockless

comparativemore shockless
superlativemost shockless

Origin of shockless

From shock + -less.

Words formed from shockless

Questions about shockless

What does shockless mean?
Shockless means not causing, or not undergoing, a shock or shocks.
What part of speech is shockless?
Shockless is an adjective.

Words near shockless in the dictionary

  1. shockingest
  2. shockingly
  3. shockingness
  4. shockings
  5. Shocklach Oviatt and District
  6. shockless
  7. shocklessness
  8. Shockley
  9. Shockley-Queisser limit
  10. Shockleys
  11. shocklike

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