runless

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adjective

Without runs, or not susceptible to runs.

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Meanings

adjectiverunless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout runs, or not susceptible to runs.

    Some of them will be mini-distresses: you get into a traffic jam that causes a minor delay; your garbage disposal breaks down and you have to call a repairman; you discover your daughter has absconded with your last pair of runless hose […]

    1985, Gail Gross, Honora M. Finkelstein, Beautiful skin, page 162
  2. not comparablehobbiesWithout runs scored (in cricket, baseball, etc.).

Origin

From run + -less.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

urnless
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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