"teachless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more teachless [comparative], most teachless [superlative]
Etymology: teach + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|teach|less}} teach + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} teachless (comparative more teachless, superlative most teachless)
  1. (archaic) Not teachable. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-teachless-en-adj-w9uaFHJe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo […] if man be The passive thing you say, I should not see Much harm in the religions and old saws (Tho' I may never own such leaden laws)",
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