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🙅 Without arms 🪑 No armrests or sleeves
armless

armless

1 2.8
Having no armrests on furniture or sleeves on clothing
  • adjective
  • /ˈɑrmləs/
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  • There is a left corner seat, an armless seat, and then an armless recliner, and then I added an arm.
  • an armless chair

Examples

  • A single armless chair, a sideboard, the tea cart in what I guessed had been a dining room.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Labille-Guiard sits on an armless chair, whereas Madame stands before a fauteuil whose back features semidetached colonnettes.

    Academic text (2007)

  • I hastened to substitute an armless guest chair.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Subjects rose, with arms folded, from armless, backless, non-upholstered chairs.

    Academic text (1996)

  • Sit up straight in a firm, armless chair.

  • The center parlor had been set up with rows of armless chairs for the auction that was to follow the cocktail hour.

  • Though this upholstery idea is demonstrated on an armless chair, you can adapt this technique for use with many other chair styles.

Synonyms

sleeveless
vsarmless
13 1.8

Clothing that has no sleeves and leaves the arms uncovered

is broader, meaning lacking arms, armrests, or any sleeves

Antonyms

sleeved
11 1.1

Clothing that has material covering the arms

Surface Forms

armless positive

Morphology

armless = arm (transparent) = arm + less

Same productive formation 'arm' + '-less' applies to parts like armrests or sleeves, so the meaning 'without arms (or armrests/sleeves)' is inferable.

Etymology

Armless comes from arm + -less, with -less meaning 'without', just like sleeveless means without sleeves. So it can describe things like a chair with no armrests or a dress with no sleeves.