Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having little or nothing; destitute.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Having little or nothing.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective obsolete Having
little ornothing .
Etymologies
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have + -less
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Examples
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As a lifelong Liberal voter I despair that the only political party in this country that's ever talked any actual sense will haveless media coverage in a decade than this bunch of artfully dirty Tarquins will get in an afternoon.
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The technical definition of PFF is quite complex, so MrConsumer asked the Department of Agriculture to put it in plain English and indicate whether the “less than 17%” rule meant the product could really haveless than 17% ham.
Mouse Print»Blog Archive » John Morrell Cooked Ham: Where’s the Beef? 2007
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'Dinna ye think I'm the haveless (careless and therefore helpless) crater I used to be.
Robert Falconer George MacDonald 1864
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