"friendless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈfrɛndləs/, /ˈfrɪndləs/ [dialectal]
Etymology: From Middle English frendles, from Old English frēondlēas, equivalent to friend + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|frendles}} Middle English frendles, {{inh|en|ang|frēondlēas}} Old English frēondlēas, {{suffix|en|friend|less}} friend + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} friendless (not comparable)
  1. Without friends (without a friend). Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: friendlessly, friendlessness Related terms: enemylessness Translations (without friends): ἄφιλος (áphilos) (Ancient Greek), বন্ধুহীন (bondhuhin) (Bengali), venneløs (Danish), vriendloos (Dutch), senamika (Esperanto), freundlos (German), vinalaus (Icelandic), frendles (Middle English), vennelaus (Norwegian Bokmål), venneløs (Norwegian Bokmål), venelaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), vennelaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), frēondlēas (Old English), अमित्र (amitra) (Sanskrit), sin amigos (Spanish), vänlös (Swedish), arkadaşsız (Turkish)

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          "sense": "without friends",
          "word": "বন্ধুহীন"
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          "sense": "without friends",
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          "sense": "without friends",
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          "sense": "without friends",
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          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "without friends",
          "word": "sin amigos"
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          "sense": "without friends",
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "without friends",
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          "text": "While Conservative and Labour MPs instinctively had deep political differences, they were united in the cold view that at the end of the 1950s, Britain's railways were friendless and almost finished.",
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      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "বন্ধুহীন"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "venneløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "vriendloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "senamika"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "freundlos"
    },
    {
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      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "áphilos",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "ἄφιλος"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "vinalaus"
    },
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      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "frendles"
    },
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      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "vennelaus"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "venneløs"
    },
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      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "venelaus"
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      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "vennelaus"
    },
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      "code": "ang",
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      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "frēondlēas"
    },
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      "lang": "Sanskrit",
      "roman": "amitra",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "अमित्र"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "sin amigos"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "vänlös"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "without friends",
      "word": "arkadaşsız"
    }
  ],
  "word": "friendless"
}

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