smartless

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adjective

Without a smarting or stinging sensation; painless.

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Meanings

adjectivesmartless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a smarting or stinging sensation; painless.

    The price is low, the tube lasts long; so it [shaving cream] is just as smart to buy as it is smartless to use.

    1943, LIFE, volume 15, number 15, page 1
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    If thy glory could attain to / Heights of pardon, and disdain to / Curse thy creatures who are fain to / Love thee in devotion artless, / Thou couldst make the wide world smartless, / God malignant, dumb and heartless!

    1890, Francis Saltus Saltus, The Witch of En-dor and Other Poems, page 122

Origin

From smart + -less.

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Chicago

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