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🌫️ Lacking substance ⚙️ Without a center
coreless

coreless

6.5
Not having a central part inside something, for example some fruits or motors
  • adjective
  • /ˈkɔrˌləs/
: sin corazón
  • Some fruits are bred to be coreless, making them easier to eat.

Examples

  • The engineer designed a coreless motor for greater efficiency.

  • The new cable uses a coreless design to reduce weight and cost.

  • The coreless fruit had no seeds inside.

  • He bought a coreless apple at the market.

  • The engineer designed a coreless motor for greater efficiency.

  • Some fruits are bred to be coreless, making them easier to eat.

  • The new cable uses a coreless design to reduce weight and cost.

Synonyms

centerless
vscoreless
  • Specialized
1 6.8

No central point holds the metal bar, allowing the machine to grind it quickly

is broader, lacking a central part or structure rather than only an axis

How Central

central
749 1.0
off-center
  • US
11 4.1
peripheral
35 6.5
coreless
6.5

Surface Forms

coreless positive

Morphology

coreless = core (transparent) = core + less

Standard adjectival formation meaning 'without a core'; a B1 learner knowing 'core' and '-less' can derive the meaning.

Etymology

Coreless combines core meaning 'center' or 'heart' and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So it literally means 'without a center', which fits a fruit with no core or a motor built without a central part.