Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

netless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: net-less
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Without Internet access.

Example Sentences

"In the demo, this drama is captured by footage of a teenager, small and spindly, walking across a vacant lot, basketball in hand, to a netless court in a nearby school yard."
"For the netless, id [software company] plans to ship 500,000 copies of a CD-ROM-based version to retail stores."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net 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 netless From net + -less.

Questions

What does netless mean?: Lacking a net.
Where does netless come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net 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 netless From net + -less.

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