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shoelessness

shoelessness noun: lack of shoes, or the condition of not wearing them.

Noun

shoelessness (uncountable)

  1. Lack of shoes, or the condition of not wearing them.
    • Shoelessness during worship has been until recently the practice of several Eastern Jewish communities.2008, Edna Nahshon, Jews and Shoes

Origin of shoelessness

From shoeless + -ness.

Questions about shoelessness

What does shoelessness mean?
Shoelessness means lack of shoes, or the condition of not wearing them.
What part of speech is shoelessness?
Shoelessness is a noun.

Words near shoelessness in the dictionary

  1. shoelaces
  2. shoelacing
  3. shoeleather
  4. shoeless
  5. shoelessly
  6. shoelessness
  7. shoelike
  8. Shoels
  9. Shoemake
  10. shoemaker
  11. shoemaker's end

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