Definitions

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  • adjective Devoid of curves.

Etymologies

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curve +‎ -less

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Examples

  • The models had arms so thin they could fit through a doughnut hole and it was obvious that they were as curveless as a Q-tip.

    Judith J. Wurtman, PhD: Real Women Don't Have Perfect Bodies PhD Judith J. Wurtman 2011

  • The shops no longer sold her size, or the clothes were manufactured with so much elastic that only a curveless preteen girl could wear them without spilling out indecently.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • The shops no longer sold her size, or the clothes were manufactured with so much elastic that only a curveless preteen girl could wear them without spilling out indecently.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • The shops no longer sold her size, or the clothes were manufactured with so much elastic that only a curveless preteen girl could wear them without spilling out indecently.

    Strangers at the Feast Jennifer Vanderbes 2010

  • Slim and almost curveless, her skin soft and smooth and pale, gray no-color eyes flashing below white-blonde hair cropped short.

    Jason Stoddard, Strange and Happy » Blog Archive » Eternal Franchise, 1.1 of 31.1 2009

  • To me it seems like ebay has tried really hard to make their person as androgynous as possible — much less clearly male than the other human avatars and even more so than the neutral avatars that involve a curveless body and round head.

    Default Avatars: A Collection » Sociological Images 2009

  • I think the American media is partially to blame for portraying rail-thin, curveless women as desirable.

    Battling Eating Disorders « AAUW Dialog 2009

  • The influencer of his country and of his species was a young man, the creature of another's predetermination, sheltered and weather-fended from all the elements of experience; a young man, whose feet had never wandered; whose very eye had never turned to the right or to the left; whose whole track had been as curveless as the motion of a fascinated reptile!

    The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge 1838 James Gillman

  • Her eyes were fixed on a point far ahead up the curveless street.

    Miss Billy's Decision 1912

  • His mouth was absolutely curveless -- a straight gash across his face; a gash which simply stopped short without any tapering or any turn at the corners, when it had reached as far as was decent.

    Lonesome Land B. M. Bower 1905

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