zoneless
zoneless adjective: without zones; unzoned.
Adjective
zoneless (not comparable)
- Without zones; unzoned.
- In this style of defense he is the one zoneless player, being able to cross into either of the zones as he is needed.1983, Robert Pollock, “Tactics”, in Soccer for Juniors, New York: Scribner, page 109
- […] ringette players are agitating for zoneless play which would make the game faster and more demanding.1988, Aniko Varpalotai, “Ringette: The Sport for Girls,” Orbit, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Volume 19, No. 3, October 1988, p. 10
- Without a belt or girdle.
- Clos’d was her eye, and from her heaving breast
In careless folds loose flow’d her zoneless vest;1749, William Mason, Isis: An Elegy, London: R. Dodsley, page 7 - Thou art not known where pleasure is adored,
That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist
And wand’ring eyes, still leaning on the arm
Of novelty, her fickle frail support;1785, William Cowper, The Task, London: J. Johnson, Book 3, p. 94
- Clos’d was her eye, and from her heaving breast
- Lacking bands or rings (particularly with reference to fungi).
Origin of zoneless
From zone + -less.
Questions about zoneless
- What does zoneless mean?
- Zoneless means without zones; unzoned.
- What part of speech is zoneless?
- Zoneless is an adjective.
Words near zoneless in the dictionary
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