"healless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more healless [comparative], most healless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English heleles, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -less. Compare healful. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|heleles}} Middle English heleles, {{suf|en|heal|less|t1=health, well-being}} heal (“health, well-being”) + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} healless (comparative more healless, superlative most healless)
  1. Incapable of being made whole or well; cureless; incurable; unhealable.
    Sense id: en-healless-en-adj-Wl6AKzL3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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