quarterless

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adjective

Without quarter; merciless.

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Meanings

adjectivequarterless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout quarter; merciless.

    Many, long since outmatched in the quarterless battle for existence, still clung, bleached and ghastly, like upstanding skeletons...

    1922, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's magazine, volume 72
  2. USnot comparableThat does not require quarters (coins) to operate

Origin

From quarter + -less.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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