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Definition of -less suffix from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

-less

suffix

/ləs/

/ləs/

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without
- treeless
- meaningless
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not doing; not affected by
- tireless
- selfless
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Word OriginOld English -lēas, from lēas ‘devoid of’.

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