"ligatureless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more ligatureless [comparative], most ligatureless [superlative]
Etymology: ligature + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ligature|less}} ligature + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} ligatureless (comparative more ligatureless, superlative most ligatureless)
  1. without ligatures
    Sense id: en-ligatureless-en-adj-how8vRT3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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