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trainless

trainless adjective: without a train (in various senses).

Adjective

trainless (not comparable)

  1. Without a train (in various senses).
    • At the radiant point itself, it was a subject of general remark, the meteors appeared trainless, and shone out for a moment like so many stars...1867, The Popular science review, Volume 6, page 82
    • Mr Ray Buckton, the Aslef boss, is as miserable as most trainless commuters, though most of the public sees him as the villain.1982, The Economist, Volume 284, page 43

trainless meaning in Tamil

trainless in Tamil

தொடர்ச்சியற்ற, ஊர்தியற்ற, இருப்பூர்தி இல்லாத

Examples of trainless in a sentence

  • The silk and satin dresses—all sleeveless, trainless, and above the ankle—spun out a lightness, a feeling of romance and hope.2007, Gioia Diliberto, The collection, page 253:
  • There is a bittersweet finality to ending our tour at Burnham-on-Sea, and a distinct end-of-an-era feeling that comes with a visit to the now-trainless and steamer-less, quaint seaside town.2020 October 21, Dr Joseph Brennan, “From the main line and over the waves”, in Rail, page 61:

Origin of trainless

From train + -less.

Words formed from trainless

Questions about trainless

What does trainless mean?
Trainless means without a train (in various senses).
What is trainless in Tamil?
Trainless in Tamil is தொடர்ச்சியற்ற, ஊர்தியற்ற, இருப்பூர்தி இல்லாத. See Trainless meaning in Tamil.
How do you use trainless in a sentence?
The silk and satin dresses—all sleeveless, trainless, and above the ankle—spun out a lightness, a feeling of romance and hope.
What part of speech is trainless?
Trainless is an adjective.

Words near trainless in the dictionary

  1. training wall
  2. training walls
  3. training wheel
  4. training wheels
  5. trainings
  6. trainless
  7. trainlessness
  8. trainlike
  9. trainload
  10. trainloads
  11. trainman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trainless (page history and authors); trainless (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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