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sleeveless

  • adjective
  • /ˈsliːvlɪs/

Of a garment, having no sleeves.

Other meanings

  1. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.

Related words

  • sleevelessly
  • sleevelessness

Word history

From Old English "slīeflēas".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “sleeveless” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.