mineless

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adjective

Without mines (places for digging minerals etc.).

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Meanings

adjectivemineless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout mines (places for digging minerals etc.).

    But though there are caves there are no mines in Faroe, in which happy state we hope these mineless isles will remain so far as we are concerned.

    1864, The North British Review, volume 40, page 307
  2. not comparableWithout mines (explosive devices).

    That is what Chris and his men did - they laid a mineless minefield, complete with all the customary wire fencing and markers, and even a safe lane through it.

    2009, Jannie Geldenhuys, At the front: a general's account of South Africa's border war, page 264

Origin

From mine + -less.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

semilens
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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