"placeless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more placeless [comparative], most placeless [superlative], place-less [alternative]
Etymology: From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less. Piecewise doublet of piazzaless. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|placeles}} Middle English placeles, {{suf|en|place|less}} place + -less, {{piecewise doublet|en|piazzaless}} Piecewise doublet of piazzaless Head templates: {{en-adj}} placeless (comparative more placeless, superlative most placeless)
  1. Lacking a proper place.
    Sense id: en-placeless-en-adj-c8L1Abc6
  2. Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.
    Sense id: en-placeless-en-adj-fZH6s1-T Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 16 84
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: placelessly, placelessness

Alternative forms

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