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wieldless

wieldless adjective: not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.

Adjective

wieldless (comparative more wieldless, superlative most wieldless)

  1. (obsolete) Not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.
    • with the weight of his owne weeldlesse might / He falleth nigh to ground, and scarse recovereth flight.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

Forms of wieldless

comparativemore wieldless
superlativemost wieldless

Origin of wieldless

From wield + -less.

Questions about wieldless

What does wieldless mean?
Wieldless means not to be wielded; unmanageable; unwieldy.
What part of speech is wieldless?
Wieldless is an adjective.

Words near wieldless in the dictionary

  1. wielders
  2. wieldier
  3. wieldiest
  4. wieldiness
  5. wielding
  6. wieldless
  7. wields
  8. wieldsome
  9. wieldy
  10. Wielgus
  11. Wielguses

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