Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without books or book-knowledge; unlearned.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without books; unlearned.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without a
book or books.
Etymologies
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Examples
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(And having 1,000 books may not sound "bookless", until you put it up against the original 20,000!)
Geek With (Lots of) Books: The First Step is to Admit You Have a Problem 2009
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The article states that in England the "bookless" households, tv, and computer/video games are at the heart of the problem.
Archive 2007-11-01 Stephanie 2007
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The article states that in England the "bookless" households, tv, and computer/video games are at the heart of the problem.
Literacy Levels Stephanie 2007
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But besides being regarded as a literary curiosity, the subject derives importance by the light it throws on the state of learning in those dark and "bookless" days, and the illustrations gleaned in this way fully compensate for the tediousness of the research.
Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather
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Robson, who teaches a police accountability course at the Downtown campus, said while other factors contributed to making his class "bookless," the wallets of his students weighed in heavily.
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It'd be a huge effort, and I'd have to convince my entire department to go "bookless" for any of the standard courses.
CHE > Latest news 2010
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In that light, reactions to the "bookless" Stanford library seem to be missing the point.
The New Yorker 2010
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Everyone knows there's a middle ground but, when the whiff of a word like "bookless" floats about, no one ever seems to be standing on it.
The New Yorker 2010
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Larry McMurtry was born in Archer City, Texas in 1936 into what he called a "bookless" house.
Naked Without Books! 2008
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As bookstores disappear across America, some small operators are pursuing a novel survival strategy: The bookless bookshelf.
Out of Stock, Still in Luck: Print-on-Demand Expands Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011
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