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sinless

/ˈsɪnləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.26 in modern English

Syllables
sin-less
IPA
/ˈsɪnləs/
7
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without sin; never having sinned.

Etymology

From Middle English synneles, senneles, from Old English synlēas (“without sin; sinless”), equivalent to sin + -less. Compare Dutch zondeloos (“sinless”), German Low German sündelos, sündlos (“sinless”), German sündenlos (“sinless”), Icelandic syndlaus (“sinless”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more sinless (comparative) most sinless (superlative)

Derived Forms

sinlessly sinlessness

Synonyms

innocent pure blameless clean clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clear dovelike guiltless innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn

Antonyms

sinful at fault blameworthy censurable culpable guilty nocent reprehensible to blame

Questions

How do you pronounce sinless?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈsɪnləs/.
What does sinless mean?
Without sin; never having sinned.
Where does sinless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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