Meanings
adjectiveresourceless (not comparable)
- not comparableWithout resources.
How is it, then, that they are obliged to remain homeless, landless, propertyless, resourceless?
1900, Basil A Bouroff, The Impending Crisis
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivelacking or deficient in natural resources
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Origin
- Proto-Italic*wre-
- Latinre-
- Old Frenchre-
- Middle Englishre-
- Englishre-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Proto-Italic*supo
- Latinsub
- Latinsub-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃réǵeti
- Proto-Italic*regō
- Latinregō
- Latinsubrigō
- Latinsurrigō
- Latinsurgere
- Old Frenchsourdre
- Old Frenchsours
- Middle Englishsours
- Englishsource
- Englishresource
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishresourceless
Translations
French sans ressources
- sans ressourceswithout resources
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Cite this entry
APA
resourceless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resourceless
MLA
“resourceless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resourceless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resourceless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resourceless.
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