suckless

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adjective

That does not suck or suckle.

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Meanings

adjectivesuckless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableThat does not suck or suckle.

    ‘No, I’ll not touch it: but it looks melancholy, does it not, Ellen?’ ‘Yes,’ I observed, ‘about as starved and suckless as you: your cheeks are bloodless […]

    1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXII, in Wuthering Heights
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    Tube feeding is not as quick an emergency measure as the dextrose injection nor as long lasting in its energy boost, but is most useful for getting milk into the stomach of a suckless lamb.

    1967, Shepherd, volume 12, page 22

Origin

From suck + -less.

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APA

suckless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckless

MLA

“suckless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “suckless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/suckless.

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