birdless

1 4.2

A place with no birds in it

adjective
/ˈbɜrdləs/

: sin aves

During our hike, we noticed the forest was birdless, making it eerily quiet.

Examples

RYAN: Birdless tofu turkey coupons.

A Dog's Breakfast (2007)
MARILYN: Can you run to my room and see if there's a birdless tofu turkey coupon in there?

A Dog's Breakfast (2007)
I don't know how I can think they're happy singing in this birdless land when they too must love a tree and something green to perch in.

Fiction book (1993)
The pattern had shown no signs of breaking, and despite a slight breeze, the clouds seemed bunched up in the birdless sky, as if pressure from elsewhere was squeezing them together.

Fiction book (2001)
The woods were birdless, and the only sounds were the hum of traffic from Aurora Avenue, the snapping of twigs under his feet, and a low, hostile grunting from the baby.

Fiction book (1997)
The garden was completely birdless, with not a single chirp to be heard among the trees.
After the storm, the once lively park was birdless, leaving only echoes of their songs.

How Many

birdlife

1 3.0

birdless

1 4.2

Surface Forms

birdless positive

Morphology

birdless = bird (transparent) = bird + less

The adjective is formed by the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', which an average learner can apply to 'bird' to get 'without birds'.

Etymology

The word birdless is made from bird and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So it simply means 'without birds', just like homeless means 'without a home'.