Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

subjectless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sub-ject-less
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking a subject (citizen).

adj

Lacking a subject or theme.

adj

Lacking a grammatical subject.

Example Sentences

"The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something."
"Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form."
"“We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless, past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe."

Etymology

From subject + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: subject

Derived Forms

subjectlessly subjectlessness

Questions

What does subjectless mean?: Lacking a subject (citizen).
Where does subjectless come from?: From subject + -less.

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