"ball-less" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From ball + -less.",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "glosses": [
        "Without balls (testicles)."
      ],
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        "(slang, literal or figurative) Without balls (testicles)."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "testicleless"
        }
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        "not-comparable",
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        {
          "ref": "2012, Martin Kelner, Sit Down and Cheer: A History of Sport on TV, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2013, page 31",
          "text": "‘But the strokes and the movements on the court have all been so clearly visible that the absence of the ball has hardly seemed to trouble the viewers.’ Those of us born too late to enjoy this ball-less tennis had to wait until 1966 for Michelangelo Antonioni to recreate the surreal experience in his film Blow Up.",
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        "Without a ball (object used for playing games)."
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ballless"
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  "word": "ball-less"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ball + -less.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Without balls (testicles)."
      ],
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        "(slang, literal or figurative) Without balls (testicles)."
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          "ref": "2012, Martin Kelner, Sit Down and Cheer: A History of Sport on TV, London: Bloomsbury Publishing, published 2013, page 31",
          "text": "‘But the strokes and the movements on the court have all been so clearly visible that the absence of the ball has hardly seemed to trouble the viewers.’ Those of us born too late to enjoy this ball-less tennis had to wait until 1966 for Michelangelo Antonioni to recreate the surreal experience in his film Blow Up.",
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        "Without a ball (object used for playing games)."
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        [
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      "tags": [
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ballless"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ball-less"
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