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inkless

inkless

1 3.9
Without ink so it cannot write or print
  • adjective
  • /ˈɪŋkləs/
: sin tinta
  • Nowadays, a greatly diminished Polaroid battles on, having swapped film for inkless printers and roped in Lady Gaga as a "creative director."

So that's when they did the lineup and it says Harvey Oswald's finger and palm prints are taken on an inkless pad.

Examples

  • Many modern printing devices use inkless technology to create sharper images without the mess of traditional ink.

  • So that's when they did the lineup and it says Harvey Oswald's finger and palm prints are taken on an inkless pad.

    Julian Dorey

  • The teacher preferred to use an inkless pen during her lectures to avoid ink stains on her notes.

  • I bought an inkless notepad that allows me to write without worrying about smudging ink on my hands.

Synonyms

blank
vsinkless
158 1.0

A surface that has nothing written or printed on it

means specifically there is no ink rather than just being empty
unprinted
vsinkless
1 4.6

Material such as paper without any design, pattern, or writing on it

focuses on not containing ink rather than lacking decoration

How Inked

inkless
1 3.9
unmarked
45 4.3

Surface Forms

inkless positive

Morphology

inkless = ink (transparent) = ink + less

Formed by the productive adjective-making suffix '-less' meaning 'without ink', which directly matches the given definition.

Etymology

Inkless is made from ink and the ending -less, where -less means 'without', like in careless. So it simply means 'without ink' and is used for pens or printers that make marks without liquid ink.