actionless

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adjective

Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English action →
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Meanings

adjectiveactionless (comparative more actionless, superlative most actionless)

comparative more actionless · superlative most actionless

  1. Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.

    A plotless, virtually actionless series of long takes

    1986 February 1, Nicholas Deutsch, “7th Annual New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 8

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  3. Proto-Italic*agō
  4. Latinagō
  5. Latināctum
  6. Latināctiō
  7. Old Frenchaucion
  8. Middle Englishaccioun
  9. Englishaction
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  12. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  14. Englishactionless

From action + -less.

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Translations

Finnish toiminnaton
  • toiminnatonlacking action
German aktionslos
  • aktionsloslacking action
Polish bezakcyjny
  • bezakcyjnylacking action
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APA

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MLA

“actionless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actionless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “actionless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/actionless.

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