Meanings
- not comparableLacking good style or any style at all.
He was too thin, so that the styleless clothes hung poorly, and something in his coloring made her think that he ate the wrong foods.
1992, Greg Johnson, A Friendly Deceit1 more example
It is not enough to say that style is a characteristic mode of expression, for then it would be almost impossible to speak of anything as styleless.
1921, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's Magazine - not comparablebiologyLacking a style (stalk structure).
Short-styled and styleless flowers were sometimes mixed in these individuals.
1990, Nihon Shokubutsu Gakkai, The Botanical Magazine, Tokyo
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Englishstyle
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishstyleless
Translations
Polish bezstylowy
- bezstylowyTranslations
Swedish stillös
- stillösTranslations
Cite this entry
styleless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/styleless
“styleless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/styleless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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