oxygenless
7.2
Without the part of air that living things need to breathe
- adjective
- /ˈɑksɪdʒənləs/
:
sin oxígeno
- The scientists noted that the oxygenless environment affected the bacteria's growth.
Examples
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The diver explored the dark, oxygenless depths of the sunken ship.
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In the oxygenless chamber, the plants wilted and began to die quickly.
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To knock the ocean into an oxygenless soup devoid of animal life took an enormous surge in volcanic activity lasting thousands of years.
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Synonyms
7
6.5
Not needing oxygen to live or grow
focuses on absence of oxygen itself rather than lack of need
2
9.3
Without oxygen so living things cannot breathe
means simply the total absence of oxygen without medical emphasis
airless
vsoxygenless
2
4.7
A place with no air where you cannot breathe
specifies lack of oxygen rather than lack of air
9.5
Not mixed with oxygen, often used for liquids like blood
refers more generally to absence of oxygen in any context
9.1
Blood that does not carry oxygen
is the general absence of oxygen not limited to blood
How Oxygenated
Surface Forms
oxygenless positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word oxygenless combines oxygen, the gas many living things need to breathe, and the ending -less, which means 'without', as in the word careless. So oxygenless means 'without oxygen'.