oilless

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adjective

Lacking, or not using, oil.

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Meanings

adjectiveoilless (comparative more oilless, superlative most oilless)

comparative more oilless · superlative most oilless

  1. Lacking, or not using, oil.

    Even oil-less, Central Asian Afghanistan was perceived by many Muslims as the object of a crusading infidel occupation, driven by Israel and designed to establish bases or extract cheaper oil.

    2011, Rory Stewart, “Here we go again”, in London Review of Books, 33.VII

Origin

From oil + -less.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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