Word part · Anglo-Saxon suffix
The Anglo-Saxon suffix -less
Means: without.
At a glance
- Part
- -less
- Meaning
- without
- Layer
- Anglo-Saxon: Short everyday words, compounds and the most common prefixes and suffixes.
Often the opposite of -ful on the same base: careful, careless.
Example words
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Colors:prefixroot or basesuffix
- care (root or base)+less (suffix)→careless
without care
- fear (root or base)+less (suffix)→fearless
without fear
- use (root or base)+less (suffix)→useless
without any use
- spot (root or base)+less (suffix)→spotless
without a spot; very clean
- help (root or base)+less (suffix)→helpless
without help; not able to help yourself
- end (root or base)+less (suffix)→endless
without an end
- harm (root or base)+less (suffix)→harmless
without harm; safe
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