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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Having little or no weight.
  • adjective Not experiencing the effects of gravity.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Having no weight; imponderable; light.
  • Of no importance or consideration.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Having no weight; imponderable; hence, light.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Which has no weight.
  • adjective Which is not being affected by gravity.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light

Etymologies

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weight +‎ -less

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