playless

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adjective

Devoid of play (recreational activities).

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Meanings

adjectiveplayless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableDevoid of play (recreational activities).
  2. not comparableWithout plays (theatrical works).

    Despite his repeated insistence that the theater should dispense with plays, his own work in the theater was far from playless.

    1976, Susan Sontag, editor, Antonin Artaud, Selected Writings, page xliii

Origin

From play + -less.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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