🧥 Without a jacket 📕 No book cover

jacketless

1 5.6

A book without its dust jacket

adjective
/ˈdʒækɪtləs/

: sin cubierta

She bought a rare, jacketless first edition and kept it in a protective sleeve.

Examples

Collectors often prefer books with their dust jackets, but some valuable copies are jacketless.
The jacketless book was still in good condition despite missing its original cover.
The jacketless book was much cheaper.
She bought a jacketless edition of the novel.
She found a jacketless edition of her favorite novel, making it easier to read without the extra cover.
The jacketless book on the shelf showed signs of age, with worn pages but still cherished by its owner.
He preferred jacketless books because they were more compact and easier to carry in his bag.

Synonyms

coverless

vsjacketless

1 4.7

A thing with no cover or lid that lets you see what is inside

is mainly used for books missing their original outer layer

unjacketed

vsjacketless

1 6.9

Has no protective cover, like wires or bullets

is used especially for books missing their original outer layer

Antonyms

covered

659 1.0

Having something on top or around it

jacketed

6 4.2

Covered with a protective outer layer, for example cables or pipes

How Protected

sheathed

5 5.8

jacketed

6 4.2

covered

659 1.0

jacketless

1 5.6

unprotected

55 2.9

Surface Forms

jacketless positive

Morphology

jacketless = jacket (transparent) = jacket + less

The adjective transparently means 'without a jacket' and applies to the book sense of 'jacket' (dust jacket); the morphological process is the same and inferable.

Etymology

Jacketless comes from jacket, the protective cover of a book often called a 'dust jacket', and -less meaning 'without', so it describes a book that is missing its cover.