Meanings
- not comparablecomputerOf a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions.
A stateless server treats each request independently.
- not comparablelawWithout a state or nationality; not subject to any state.
UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
2 more examples
The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled.
2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 68The department believes making changes will help stateless people get better access to legal immigration status and benefits. Typically, people around the world who are stateless have challenges including an inability to get jobs or government services and difficulty getting travel documents, a DHS official told CNN.
2021 December 15, Geneva Sands, “US promises to define ‘statelessness,’ a first for the federal government”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022 - not comparablegovernmentNeither believing in nor supporting the idea of nations.
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*steh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s
- Proto-Italic*status
- Latinstatu
- Old Frenchestat
- Middle Englishstat
- Englishstate
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishstateless
Translations
Basque herrigabe, aberrigabe
- herrigabe(law) without a state or nationality
- aberrigabe(law) without a state or nationality
Bengali রাষ্ট্রহীনতা
- রাষ্ট্রহীনতা (raśṭrohinota)(law) without a state or nationality
Bulgarian без гражданство, апатри́д
- без гражданство (bez graždanstvo)(law) without a state or nationality
- апатри́д (apatríd)(law) without a state or nationality
Catalan apàtrida, apàtrida
- apàtrida(law) without a state or nationality
- apàtrida(computer science) without remembering state
Chinese Mandarin 無國籍 /无国籍, 無狀態 /无状态
- 無國籍 /无国籍 (wúguójí)(law) without a state or nationality
- 無狀態 /无状态 (wúzhuàngtài)(computer science) without remembering state
Czech apatrida, bezstavový
- apatrida(law) without a state or nationality
- bezstavový(computer science) without remembering state
Danish statsløs
- statsløs(law) without a state or nationality
Dutch staatloos, stateloos
- staatloos(law) without a state or nationality
- stateloos(law) without a state or nationality
Esperanto senŝtateco
- senŝtateco(law) without a state or nationality
Finnish valtioton, kansalaisuudeton
- valtioton(law) without a state or nationality
- kansalaisuudeton(law) without a state or nationality
- tilaton(computer science) without remembering state
French apatride
- apatride(law) without a state or nationality
German heimatlos, staatenlos
- heimatlos(law) without a state or nationality
- staatenlos(law) without a state or nationality
- zustandlos(computer science) without remembering state
Greek ακρατικός, άπατρις
- ακρατικός (akratikós)(law) without a state or nationality
- άπατρις (ápatris)(law) without a state or nationality
- ακαταστασικός (akatastasikós)(computer science) without remembering state
Hindi नागरिकताहीन
- नागरिकताहीन (nāgriktāhīn)(law) without a state or nationality
Hungarian hontalan
- hontalan(law) without a state or nationality
Indonesian tak bernegara
- tak bernegara(law) without a state or nationality
Irish gan stát
- gan stát(law) without a state or nationality
Italian apolide
- apolide(law) without a state or nationality
Norwegian Bokmål statsløs
- statsløs(law) without a state or nationality
Polish bezpaństwowy, bezpaństwowiec
- bezpaństwowy(law) without a state or nationality
- bezpaństwowiec(law) without a state or nationality
- apatryda(law) without a state or nationality
Portuguese apátrida
- apátrida(law) without a state or nationality
Romanian apatrid
- apatrid(law) without a state or nationality
Russian не име́ющий гражда́нства, без гражда́нства
- не име́ющий гражда́нства (ne iméjuščij graždánstva)(law) without a state or nationality
- без гражда́нства (bez graždánstva)(law) without a state or nationality
- апатри́д (apatríd)(law) without a state or nationality
Spanish apátrida
- apátrida(law) without a state or nationality
Swedish statslös
- statslös(law) without a state or nationality
Turkish haymatlos, tabiyetsiz
- haymatlos(law) without a state or nationality
- tabiyetsiz(law) without a state or nationality
- uyruksuz(law) without a state or nationality
- vatansız(law) without a state or nationality
- yurtsuz(law) without a state or nationality
- durumsuz(computer science) without remembering state
Ukrainian без громадя́нства, апатри́д
- без громадя́нства (bez hromadjánstva)(law) without a state or nationality
- апатри́д (apatrýd)(law) without a state or nationality
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Anagrams
Cite this entry
stateless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stateless
“stateless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stateless. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stateless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stateless.
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