"benefitless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: benefit + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|benefit|less}} benefit + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} benefitless (not comparable)
  1. Without benefits. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-benefitless-en-adj-goeqX1Iw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "2008 April 20, Torie Osborn, “The Joy of Marriage Was Ours, for a While”, in New York Times",
          "text": "In California, my partner and I signed a benefitless domestic partnership registry in 2001, and then, a scant two years later, we were granted a whole lot of separate-but-nearly-equal benefits involving inheritance, medical issues, adoption and state taxation.",
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