"sleeveless" meaning in English

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Adjective

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Etymology: From Middle English slevelees, sleveles, from Old English slīeflēas (“sleeveless”), equivalent to sleeve + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slevelees}} Middle English slevelees, {{inh|en|ang|slīeflēas|t=sleeveless}} Old English slīeflēas (“sleeveless”), {{suf|en|sleeve|less}} sleeve + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sleeveless (not comparable)
  1. Of a garment, having no sleeves. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Clothing Translations (of a garment, having no sleeves): անթեւ (antʻew) (Armenian), sense mànigues (Catalan), 冇袖 (mou⁵ zau⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), hihaton (Finnish), ärmellos (German), αμάνικος (amánikos) (Greek), ujjatlan (Hungarian), hiatoin (Ingrian), gan mhuinchillí (Irish), 민소매 (minsomae) (Korean), ermeløs (Norwegian Bokmål), ermelaus (Norwegian Nynorsk), slīeflēas (Old English), безрука́вный (bezrukávnyj) (Russian), sin mangas (Spanish), ärmlös (Swedish), dilewys (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-sleeveless-en-adj-8oJBrJXA Disambiguation of Clothing: 99 1 Disambiguation of 'of a garment, having no sleeves': 99 1
  2. (obsolete) Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-sleeveless-en-adj-qgTcFHzL Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Old English translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 24 76 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 79 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 8 92 Disambiguation of Terms with Old English translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 73 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sleaveless
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      "sense": "of a garment, having no sleeves",
      "word": "dilewys"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sleeveless"
}

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