ownerless

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adjective

Having no owner.

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unowned
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Meanings

adjectiveownerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving no owner.

    Except for the animals lowing and bleating and wandering ownerless on the slushy paths there was no one about.

    1988, Bapsi Sidhwa, Ice-Candy Man, Daunt Books (2016), page 218

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving no owner

Similar
unowned
Also see
unowned

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From owner + -less.

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Translations

Bulgarian безстопанствен
  • безстопанствен (bezstopanstven)having no owner
Danish ejerløs
  • ejerløshaving no owner
Finnish omistajaton
  • omistajatonhaving no owner
Greek αδέσποτος
  • αδέσποτος (adéspotos)having no owner
Russian бесхозный
  • бесхозный (besxoznyj)having no owner
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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