{"senses": [{"examples": [{"text": "“The spirit of the age” says we shall have wheatless, meatless, sweetless, heatless and almost eatless days, but says nothing about tobaccoless, drinkless, chewing-gumless, candyless, soft-drinkless, jewelryless, fashionless days.", "ref": "1919 July 12, W[illia]m K. Conner, “‘The Spirit of the Age’”, in D. L. Miller, editor, The Gospel Messenger, volume 68, number 28, Elgin, Ill.: Brethren Publishing House, →OCLC, page 446, column 2:", "type": "quotation", "bold_text_offsets": [[45, 52], [55, 62], [76, 83], [95, 102]]}, {"text": "A sign on the window read: “Okay, Uncle Sam! We’ll cooperate to the letter. We’ll even go you one better. Tuesday is meatless and also is eatless, for we will be closed on Tuesdays.”", "ref": "1942 October 21, “Meatless Tuesday Goes Well in City […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:", "type": "quotation", "bold_text_offsets": [[118, 125], [138, 145]]}, {"text": "New York skiers are a determined lot. If snow exists anywhere within a reasonable distance they’ll find it, and neither crowded trains, heatless stations, eatless hours, long night journeys nor other discomforts of wartime travel keep them from their self-appointed missions.", "ref": "1943 January 10, George H. Copeland, “Dauntless Is the Skier Seeking Snow […]”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:", "type": "quotation", "bold_text_offsets": [[137, 144], [155, 162]]}], "links": [["eat", "eat"]], "categories": ["English adjectives", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English terms suffixed with -less", "English terms with quotations", "English uncomparable adjectives", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries"], "glosses": ["Without eating."], "tags": ["not-comparable"]}], "pos": "adj", "head_templates": [{"name": "en-adj", "args": {"1": "-"}, "expansion": "eatless (not comparable)"}], "etymology_text": "From eat + -less.", "etymology_templates": [{"name": "suffix", "args": {"1": "en", "2": "eat", "3": "less"}, "expansion": "eat + -less"}], "word": "eatless", "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en"}