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temptless

temptless adjective: without tempting or temptation.

Adjective

temptless (comparative more temptless, superlative most temptless)

  1. Without tempting or temptation
    • Thunders across the suspended bridge of Henry, bombed out, towards the clear light of temptless day, shouting back over his Rightist shoulder an addendum, going: 'Yerr orta be ashamed of yer pudendum muliebre!' or something of the sort.1977, Bill Reed, DOGOD
    • At first I thought his outrage was a direct and proximate result of his selection of the hash de jour, a temptless though visually startling dish that had just been delivered to the table.1984, The Pennsylvania Lawyer - Volume 6, page 41

Examples of temptless in a sentence

  • Remaining now at a comfortable if not temptless remove.2007, Darryl Wimberley, Pepperfish Keys, page 171:
  • The merciless sun upon her temptless head, baking the dried blood, as she knew it from Quark, into her scalp.2015, Bill Reed, IHE:

Forms of temptless

comparativemore temptless
superlativemost temptless

Origin of temptless

From tempt + -less.

Questions about temptless

What does temptless mean?
Temptless means without tempting or temptation.
How do you use temptless in a sentence?
Remaining now at a comfortable if not temptless remove.
What part of speech is temptless?
Temptless is an adjective.

Words near temptless in the dictionary

  1. tempting
  2. tempting fate
  3. temptingly
  4. temptingness
  5. temptings
  6. temptless
  7. temptress
  8. temptresses
  9. tempts
  10. tempts fate
  11. temptsome

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