"imageless" meaning in English

See imageless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From image + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|image|less}} image + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} imageless (not comparable)
  1. Lacking an image Tags: not-comparable
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          "ref": "1874, William Ware, Aurelian:",
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          "ref": "1989 June 2, Fred Camper, “Andy Warhol: A Long, Close Look”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "In this diptych, a grid of 15 blue-and-black electric-chair images occupies the left panel, while the right panel is imageless, filled with the same shade of blue used in the left.",
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