"degreeless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From degree + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|degree|less}} degree + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} degreeless (not comparable)
  1. without an academic degree Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: degreelessness
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          "ref": "1920, Rose Macaulay, Potterism:",
          "text": "There also went the confidential secretaries, the clerks and shorthand typists, in their hundreds; degreeless, brainless beings, but wise in their generation. '",
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