managerless

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adjective

Without a manager.

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

adjectivemanagerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a manager.

    The crop season was at hand and the sugarcane fields, managerless, were open to the malice of those who bore the Tulsis grudges.

    1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 3

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)meh₂-
  2. Proto-Italic*manus
  3. Latinmanus
  4. Vulgar Latin*manizāre
  5. Old Italianmaneggiareder.?
  6. Old Frenchmanege
  7. Middle English*manage
  8. Englishmanage
  9. Englishmanager
  10. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  12. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  13. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  14. Englishmanagerless

From manager + -less.

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APA

managerless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/managerless

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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