Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

zoneless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: zone-less
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without zones; unzoned.

adj

Without a belt or girdle.

Archaic; Literary

adj

Lacking bands or rings (particularly with reference to fungi).

Example Sentences

"In this style of defense he is the one zoneless player, being able to cross into either of the zones as he is needed."
"1988, Aniko Varpalotai, “Ringette: The Sport for Girls,” Orbit, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Volume 19, No. 3, October 1988, p. 10, […] ringette players are agitating for zoneless play which would make the game faster and more demanding."
"Clos’d was her eye, and from her heaving breast In careless folds loose flow’d her zoneless vest;"
"Thou art not known where pleasure is adored, That reeling goddess with the zoneless waist And wand’ring eyes, still leaning on the arm Of novelty, her fickle frail support;"

Etymology

From zone + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: zone

Usage

Questions

What does zoneless mean?: Without zones; unzoned.
Where does zoneless come from?: From zone + -less.

How to pronounce zoneless

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