degreeless

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adjective

Without an academic degree.

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Meanings

adjectivedegreeless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout an academic degree.

    A university can confer a degree upon a distinguished man because it can judge whether his degreeless condition is due to accident or not.

    1912, Emile Faguet, The Cult of Incompetence
    1 more example

    There also went the confidential secretaries, the clerks and shorthand typists, in their hundreds; degreeless, brainless beings, but wise in their generation. '

    1920, Rose Macaulay, Potterism
  2. not comparableWithout extent or measure.

Origin

From degree + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

degreeless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degreeless

MLA

“degreeless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degreeless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “degreeless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/degreeless.

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