"chanceless" meaning in English

See chanceless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: en-au-chanceless.ogg [Australia] Forms: more chanceless [comparative], most chanceless [superlative]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin cadēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *cadentia Anglo-Norman cheancebor. Middle English chaunce English chance Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English chanceless From chance + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|chance<id:noun>|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin cadēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *cadentia Anglo-Norman cheancebor. Middle English chaunce English chance Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. 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], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "chanceless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="chanceless"> From chance + -less., {{ety|en|:af|chance<id:noun>|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱad- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *ḱádeti Proto-Italic *kadō Latin cadō Latin cadēns Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Vulgar Latin *cadentia Anglo-Norman cheancebor. Middle English chaunce English chance Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English chanceless From chance + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj}} chanceless (comparative more chanceless, superlative most chanceless)
  1. Achieved without taking chances.
    Sense id: en-chanceless-en-adj-6kKNmzwV Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 29 20 24 26
  2. Without random chance.
    Sense id: en-chanceless-en-adj-brzWmRqw Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 29 20 24 26
  3. Having no chance or opportunity.
    Sense id: en-chanceless-en-adj-jWEd16cI Categories (other): English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 15 5 59 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 15 5 59 21 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 14 5 61 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 3 65 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 29 20 24 26 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 17 46 21 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 4 75 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 3 75 17 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 11 9 62 18 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 10 7 66 17
  4. (cricket, not comparable) Without a chance of being dismissed. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-chanceless-en-adj-FF8gp3g~ Categories (other): Cricket, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 29 20 24 26 Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chancelessness
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