"driveless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 80 20
  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

Download JSON data for driveless meaning in English (1.5kB)

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          "ref": "2018, David Pogue, MacOS High Sierra: The Missing Manual, page 368",
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      "word": "beznapędowy"
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