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packless

packless

6.7
Sold without packaging to reduce waste
  • adjective
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  • The supermarket offers a variety of packless products to encourage shoppers to buy in bulk and minimize waste.

Examples

  • By choosing packless detergent, consumers can help reduce plastic waste in landfills.

  • She preferred to buy packless vegetables at the farmer's market, as it was more environmentally friendly.

  • A packless corrosion-resistant valve features an all-PTFE (Teflon) wetted interior.

    Academic text (1994)

Synonyms

unpackaged
vspackless
1 3.5

Items not wrapped in a box or bag and sold loose

is sold loose with emphasis on reducing waste or bulk purchasing

Antonyms

packaged
1.8

Placed inside a container for sale or transport

How Packaged

sealed
2.5
bulk mail
  • Specialized
3.2
packless
6.7

Surface Forms

packless positive

Morphology

packless = pack (semi-transparent) = pack + less

Formally 'pack' + '-less' = 'without packaging', but the commercial sense of 'pack' = 'packaging' may be less salient to some learners.

Etymology

Packless joins pack meaning 'a package or container' and -less meaning 'without'. So packless means 'sold or supplied without packaging', often to cut down on waste.