"colorless" meaning in English

See colorless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more colorless [comparative], most colorless [superlative]
Etymology: color + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|color|less}} color + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} colorless (comparative more colorless, superlative most colorless)
  1. US standard spelling of colourless. Tags: US, alt-of, standard Alternative form of: colourless Categories (topical): Colors Derived forms: colorless green ideas sleep furiously
    Sense id: en-colorless-en-adj-ZYZTUaNc Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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