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smartless

smartless adjective: without a smarting or stinging sensation; painless.

Adjective

smartless (not comparable)

  1. Without a smarting or stinging sensation; painless.
    • If thy glory could attain to / Heights of pardon, and disdain to / Curse thy creatures who are fain to / Love thee in devotion artless, / Thou couldst make the wide world smartless, / God malignant, dumb and heartless!1890, Francis Saltus Saltus, The Witch of En-dor and Other Poems, page 122
    • The price is low, the tube lasts long; so it [shaving cream] is just as smart to buy as it is smartless to use.1943, LIFE, volume 15, number 15, page 1

Origin of smartless

From smart + -less.

Questions about smartless

What does smartless mean?
Smartless means without a smarting or stinging sensation; painless.
What part of speech is smartless?
Smartless is an adjective.

Words near smartless in the dictionary

  1. smartish
  2. Smartism
  3. smartle
  4. smartled
  5. smartles
  6. smartless
  7. smartlessness
  8. smartlet
  9. smartlets
  10. smartling
  11. smartlings

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