stateless
/stˈeɪtlɪs/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions.
adj
Without a state or nationality; not subject to any state.
adj
Neither believing in nor supporting the idea of nations.
Example Sentences
- "A stateless server treats each request independently."
- "UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons"
- "The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled."
- "The department believes making changes will help stateless people get better access to legal immigration status and benefits. Typically, people around the world who are stateless have challenges including an inability to get jobs or government services and difficulty getting travel documents, a DHS official told CNN."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state 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 stateless From state + -less.