"-less" meaning in English

See -less in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ləs/, /lɪs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl--less.wav
Etymology: From Middle English -les, -leas, from Old English -lēas (“-less”) (compare lēas (“devoid of, loose from, false”)), from Proto-West Germanic *-laus, from Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, from *lausaz (“loose”). (Not related to less, which derives from *laisiz, *laisizô.) Cognate with Scots -less, West Frisian -leas, Saterland Frisian -loos, Dutch -loos (“-less”), Low German -los, German -los, Danish -løs, Swedish -lös, Icelandic -laus. More at lease (“false”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|-les}} Middle English -les, {{inh|en|ang|-lēas||-less}} Old English -lēas (“-less”), {{der|en|gmw-pro|*-laus}} Proto-West Germanic *-laus, {{der|en|gem-pro|*-lausaz}} Proto-Germanic *-lausaz, {{cog|sco|-less}} Scots -less, {{cog|fy|-leas}} West Frisian -leas, {{cog|stq|-loos}} Saterland Frisian -loos, {{cog|nl|-loos||-less}} Dutch -loos (“-less”), {{cog|nds|-los}} Low German -los, {{cog|de|-los}} German -los, {{cog|da|-løs}} Danish -løs, {{cog|sv|-lös}} Swedish -lös, {{cog|is|-laus}} Icelandic -laus Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -less, {{en-suffix}} -less
  1. Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun. Tags: morpheme Synonyms: -lesse [obsolete] Synonyms (lacking): an-, ex-, -free Translations (lacking): -ыда (-əda) (Abkhaz), hana (Acehnese), sinni (Afar), ont- (Afrikaans), pa (Albanian), بِلَا (bilā) (Arabic), غَيْر ... (ḡayr ...) (Arabic), ան- (an-) (Armenian), -siz (Azerbaijani), -gabe (Basque), без- (bjez-) (Belarusian), -হীন (-hin) (Bengali), без (bez) (Bulgarian), sense (Catalan), walay (Cebuano), 無- (Chinese Mandarin), 无- (wú-) (Chinese Mandarin), -сӗр (-sĕr) (Chuvash), bez- (Czech), -løs (Danish), -loos (Dutch), zonder (Dutch), -дыме (-dyme) (Eastern Mari), sen- (Esperanto), -ta (Estonian), -tu (Estonian), -leysur (Faroese), -ton (Finnish), -tön (Finnish), sans ... (French), sen (Galician), უ- (u-) (Georgian), უ- -ო (u- -o) (Georgian), არა- (ara-) (Georgian), -los (German), α- (a-) (Greek), αν- (an-) (Greek), -હીન (-hīn) (Gujarati), e- (Haitian Creole), mara (Hausa), marasa (Hausa), אל ('ál-) (Hebrew), काटा दिया (kāṭā diyā) (Hindi), -talan (Hungarian), -telen (Hungarian), -atlan (Hungarian), -etlen (Hungarian), -tlan (Hungarian), -tlen (Hungarian), -hatatlan (Hungarian), -hetetlen (Hungarian), mentes (Hungarian), nélküli (Hungarian), nadai (Iban), -laus (Icelandic), -vana (Icelandic), sen- (Ido), enweghị (Igbo), nir- (Indonesian), gan (Irish), senza (Italian), in- (Italian), s- (Italian), dis- (Italian), -無し (-nashi) (alt: -なし) (Japanese), 無- (mu-) (alt: む-) (Japanese), -ない (-nai) (Japanese), 低- (tei-) (alt: てい-) (Japanese), -ವಿಲ್ಲದ (-villada) (Kannada), -сыз (-sız) (Kyrgyz), ບໍ່ມີ (bǭ mī) (Lao), sine (Latin), in- (Latin), ne- (Latin), se- (Latin), bez (Latvian), be- (Lithuanian), onge (Luo), без- (bez-) (Macedonian), nir- (Malay), nis- (english: preceding vowels and letters k, t and c) (Malay), -гүй (-güj) (Mongolian), -न- (-na-) (Nepali), bê- (Northern Kurdish), -løs (Norwegian), sin (Papiamentu), بیـ (bi-) [prefix] (Persian), bez- (Polish), sem (Portuguese), des- (Portuguese), -ਹੀਨ (-hīn) (Punjabi), bi- (Romani), fără (Romanian), без(ъ)- (alt: bez(ʺ)-) (Russian), бес(ъ)- (alt: bes(ʺ)-) (Russian), gun (Scottish Gaelic), без- [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), bez- [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), bez- (Slovak), brez (Slovene), sin (Spanish), des- (Spanish), bila (Swahili), -lös (Swedish), pugot ang (Tagalog), walang (Tagalog), -లేని (-lēni) (Telugu), -siz (Turkish), -sız (Turkish), -suz (Turkish), -süz (Turkish), -тэм (-tem) (Udmurt), без- (bez-) (Ukrainian), zwisina (Venda), asina (Venda), cây đinh không (Vietnamese), di- (Welsh), di (Welsh), -leas (West Frisian), ־לאָז (-loz) (Yiddish), àìní (Yoruba)
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        {
          "ref": "2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:",
          "text": "The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun."
      ],
      "id": "en--less-en-suffix-aFUQSq7a",
      "links": [
        [
          "Lacking",
          "lacking"
        ],
        [
          "without",
          "without"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "an-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "ex-"
        },
        {
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-free"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "obsolete"
          ],
          "word": "-lesse"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ab",
          "lang": "Abkhaz",
          "roman": "-əda",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-ыда"
        },
        {
          "code": "ace",
          "lang": "Acehnese",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "hana"
        },
        {
          "code": "aa",
          "lang": "Afar",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sinni"
        },
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "ont-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "pa"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "bilā",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "بِلَا"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ḡayr ...",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "غَيْر ..."
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "an-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "ան-"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-siz"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-gabe"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "bjez-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "без-"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "-hin",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-হীন"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bez",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "без"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sense"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "walay"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "無-"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "wú-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "无-"
        },
        {
          "code": "cv",
          "lang": "Chuvash",
          "roman": "-sĕr",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-сӗр"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bez-"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-løs"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-loos"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "zonder"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sen-"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-ta"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-tu"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-leysur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-ton"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-tön"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sans ..."
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "u-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "უ-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "u- -o",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "უ- -ო"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ara-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "არა-"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-los"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "a-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "α-"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "an-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "αν-"
        },
        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "-hīn",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-હીન"
        },
        {
          "code": "ht",
          "lang": "Haitian Creole",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "e-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "mara"
        },
        {
          "code": "ha",
          "lang": "Hausa",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "marasa"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "'ál-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "אל"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "kāṭā diyā",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "काटा दिया"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-talan"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-telen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-atlan"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-etlen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-tlan"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-tlen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-hatatlan"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-hetetlen"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "mentes"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "nélküli"
        },
        {
          "code": "iba",
          "lang": "Iban",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "nadai"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-laus"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-vana"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sen-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ig",
          "lang": "Igbo",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "enweghị"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "nir-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "gan"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "senza"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "in-"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "s-"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "dis-"
        },
        {
          "alt": "-なし",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "-nashi",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-無し"
        },
        {
          "alt": "む-",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "mu-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "無-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "-nai",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-ない"
        },
        {
          "alt": "てい-",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tei-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "低-"
        },
        {
          "code": "kn",
          "lang": "Kannada",
          "roman": "-villada",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-ವಿಲ್ಲದ"
        },
        {
          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bê-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "-sız",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-сыз"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "bǭ mī",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "ບໍ່ມີ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sine"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "in-"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "ne-"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "se-"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bez"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "be-"
        },
        {
          "code": "luo",
          "lang": "Luo",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "onge"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "bez-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "без-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "nir-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "english": "preceding vowels and letters k, t and c",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "nis-"
        },
        {
          "code": "mhr",
          "lang": "Eastern Mari",
          "roman": "-dyme",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-дыме"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "-güj",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-гүй"
        },
        {
          "code": "ne",
          "lang": "Nepali",
          "roman": "-na-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-न-"
        },
        {
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-løs"
        },
        {
          "code": "pap",
          "lang": "Papiamentu",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bi-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "tags": [
            "prefix"
          ],
          "word": "بیـ"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bez-"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sem"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "des-"
        },
        {
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "-hīn",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-ਹੀਨ"
        },
        {
          "code": "rom",
          "lang": "Romani",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bi-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "fără"
        },
        {
          "alt": "bez(ʺ)-",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "без(ъ)-"
        },
        {
          "alt": "bes(ʺ)-",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "бес(ъ)-"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "gun"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "без-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "bez-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bez-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "brez"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "sin"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "des-"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "bila"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-lös"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "pugot ang"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "walang"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "-lēni",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-లేని"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-siz"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-sız"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-suz"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-süz"
        },
        {
          "code": "udm",
          "lang": "Udmurt",
          "roman": "-tem",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-тэм"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "bez-",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "без-"
        },
        {
          "code": "ve",
          "lang": "Venda",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "zwisina"
        },
        {
          "code": "ve",
          "lang": "Venda",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "asina"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "cây đinh không"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "di-"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "di"
        },
        {
          "code": "fy",
          "lang": "West Frisian",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "-leas"
        },
        {
          "code": "yi",
          "lang": "Yiddish",
          "roman": "-loz",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "־לאָז"
        },
        {
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "lacking",
          "word": "àìní"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ləs/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɪs/"
    },
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  ],
  "word": "-less"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “lacking”",
      "word": "-ed"
    },
    {
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “lacking”",
      "word": "-y"
    },
    {
      "english": "having in considerable amount",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “lacking”",
      "word": "-some"
    },
    {
      "english": "having in abundance",
      "sense": "antonym(s) of “lacking”",
      "word": "-ful"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "-les"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English -les",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "-lēas",
        "4": "",
        "5": "-less"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English -lēas (“-less”)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*-laus"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *-laus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*-lausaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *-lausaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "-less"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots -less",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "-leas"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian -leas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "-loos"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian -loos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "-loos",
        "3": "",
        "4": "-less"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch -loos (“-less”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds",
        "2": "-los"
      },
      "expansion": "Low German -los",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "-los"
      },
      "expansion": "German -los",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "da",
        "2": "-løs"
      },
      "expansion": "Danish -løs",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "-lös"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish -lös",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "-laus"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic -laus",
      "name": "cog"
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "ex-"
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      "sense": "lacking",
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      "code": "ab",
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      "roman": "-əda",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-ыда"
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      "word": "hana"
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      "word": "pa"
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      "word": "غَيْر ..."
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      "roman": "an-",
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      "word": "ան-"
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      "code": "eu",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-gabe"
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      "word": "-হীন"
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      "word": "без"
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      "word": "walay"
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      "word": "sen-"
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      "word": "-leysur"
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      "word": "e-"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "word": "-telen"
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-atlan"
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    {
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-hetetlen"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "mentes"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "nélküli"
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    {
      "code": "iba",
      "lang": "Iban",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "nadai"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-laus"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-vana"
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "sen-"
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    {
      "code": "ig",
      "lang": "Igbo",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "enweghị"
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    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "nir-"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "gan"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "senza"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "in-"
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    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "s-"
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "dis-"
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      "sense": "lacking",
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      "word": "低-"
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      "word": "-ವಿಲ್ಲದ"
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      "word": "bê-"
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      "roman": "-sız",
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      "word": "-сыз"
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      "roman": "bǭ mī",
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      "word": "ບໍ່ມີ"
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      "word": "ne-"
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      "word": "be-"
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      "sense": "lacking",
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      "word": "sin"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "bez-"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "sem"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "des-"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "roman": "-hīn",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-ਹੀਨ"
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    {
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      "word": "gun"
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      "sense": "lacking",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "sk",
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
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      "word": "brez"
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "tl",
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      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "pugot ang"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
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      "lang": "Udmurt",
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
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      "word": "без-"
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      "code": "ve",
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      "code": "ve",
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      "word": "asina"
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    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "cây đinh không"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "di-"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "di"
    },
    {
      "code": "fy",
      "lang": "West Frisian",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "-leas"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "-loz",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "־לאָז"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "lacking",
      "word": "àìní"
    }
  ],
  "word": "-less"
}

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