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sweetless

sweetless adjective: without sweets (confectionery).

Adjective

sweetless (not comparable)

  1. (India, UK, especially) Without sweets (confectionery).
    • “The spirit of the age” says we shall have wheatless, meatless, sweetless, heatless and almost eatless days, but says nothing about tobaccoless, drinkless, chewing-gumless, candyless, soft-drinkless, jewelryless, fashionless days.1919 July 12, W[illia]m K. Conner, “‘The Spirit of the Age’”, in D. L. Miller, editor, The Gospel Messenger, volume 68, number 28, Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House, →OCLC, page 446, column 2
    Synonyms:
    candyless

Synonyms of sweetless

Origin of sweetless

From sweet + -less.

Questions about sweetless

What does sweetless mean?
Sweetless means without sweets (confectionery).
What part of speech is sweetless?
Sweetless is an adjective.

Words near sweetless in the dictionary

  1. sweetkins
  2. Sweetland
  3. Sweetlands
  4. sweetleaf
  5. sweetleafs
  6. sweetless
  7. sweetlier
  8. sweetliest
  9. sweetling
  10. sweetlings
  11. sweetlip

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