"driveless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From drive + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|drive|less}} drive + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} driveless (not comparable)
  1. Without any psychological drives; inert. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-driveless-en-adj-hvsuomWW Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 99 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 99 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 92 8
  2. Without a (mechanical or computer) drive. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without a mechanical drive): beznapędowy (Polish)
    Sense id: en-driveless-en-adj-ZI80V04l Disambiguation of 'without a mechanical drive': 45 55
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drivelessness
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        "Without any psychological drives; inert."
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          "ref": "2018, David Pogue, MacOS High Sierra: The Missing Manual, page 368:",
          "text": "When you sit at a Mac that does have a drive and turn on this option, those driveless computers on the network can “see,” and borrow, your Mac's DVD drive for the purpose of installing new software or running Mac disk-repair software.",
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          "_dis1": "45 55",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "without a mechanical drive",
          "word": "beznapędowy"
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      ]
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          "ref": "2018, David Pogue, MacOS High Sierra: The Missing Manual, page 368:",
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