frictionless
/fɹˈɪkʃənləs/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.30 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to lack of friction.
adj
Of a transaction or trade, without tariffs and non-tariff barriers.
Example Sentences
- "It would last many years because of its frictionless bearings."
- "A hard border is a real possibility, and a frictionless border is almost an oxymoron."
- "In the decade ahead, the story must be one of increasingly frictionless travel."
- "“People have sort of conditioned themselves to want a completely seamless and frictionless experience in their everyday lives 100% of the time,” says Josh Lora, a writer and sociologist who has written about AI and loneliness. “There are people who Uber everywhere, who Seamless everything, who Amazon everything, and render their lives completely smooth.” […] To her, adding AI into relationships “presupposes inadequacy” in them, and offers a sterile alternative: always saying the right thing, back and forth, frictionless forever."
- ""There can be no frictionless trade outside of the customs union and the single market," said Donald Tusk, president of the council of all 28 EU member states."
Etymology
Etymology tree English friction Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English frictionless From friction + -less.