juiceless
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4.9
Food, especially fruit, that has little or no juice
- adjective
- /ˈdʒuːsləs/
:
sin jugo
- So we're going to balance the fish sauce with the vinegar, a little bit of simple syrup, juiceless slime.
Examples
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When harvest time came, his grapes were few, small, and juiceless; their stems came apart in one's hands.
Fiction book (1993) -
The oranges at the market looked beautiful, but they were surprisingly juiceless when I bit into one.
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After days in storage, the apples turned juiceless and mealy, making them unappetizing to eat.
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The dessert lacked flavor, with a juiceless texture that left everyone disappointed.
Synonyms
waterless
vsjuiceless
3
3.4
A place with no water that is very dry like a desert
means lack of juice in food rather than general lack of water
Antonyms
How Juicy
Surface Forms
juiceless positive
Morphology
Etymology
Juiceless is made from juice, 'the liquid inside fruit', and the ending -less, 'without', so a juiceless orange or piece of meat is dry and has no juice.