passless

P3A1S1S1L1E1S1S1
US/ˈpæsləs/

adjective

Offering no way to pass; impassable.

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Meanings

adjectivepassless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOffering no way to pass; impassable.

    Behold what passless rocks on either hand

    1656, Abraham Cowley, The Plagues of Egypt
  2. not comparableWithout a pass (authorization document).

    Demonstrators were instructed to leave their passes at their homes and present themselves passless at police stations.

    1987, Michael Dingake, My Fight Against Apartheid, page 57

Origin

From pass + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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