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pain-free

pain-free

9 3.2
Not causing any physical pain
  • adjective
  • /peɪn-friː/
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  • It's designed to be pain-free.
  • patients to be pain-free

And I'll get a message from them a year later and they will say, you know, I'm pain free, I'm happy, I'm fit.

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Examples

  • I followed my PT's and MD's instructions religiously, ran pain-free, and rehabbed fully after the race.

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  • But after 10 years, I am completely pain-free and can lift weights again.

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  • You want the promise of a pain-free life.

  • Our patient experienced a nearly pain-free procedure and recovery after such a procedure.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Patients in the laser-resected group were pain-free after 5 days, compared with 8 days for those in the control group.

    Academic text (2004)
  • For many elderly recipients, that means pain-free joints for the rest of their lives.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Hospice providers work to ensure that patients experience a death that is as natural, dignified, and pain-free as possible.

    Academic text (2008)
  • For many patients, becoming permanently pain-free, either on or off medication, is not an achievable target.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The patient received the Artelon implant and, six weeks postoperatively, was pain-free with no tenderness.

    Academic text (2011)
  • After the surgery, she felt remarkably pain-free and could move without discomfort.

Synonyms

painless
vspain-free
39 1.0

Not causing physical hurt or emotional upset

focuses only on physical absence of pain, not feelings
unpainful
vspain-free
4.6

Causing no pain

is limited to physical pain and not emotional hurt

Antonyms

737 1.0

Making someone feel physical hurt or strong emotional upset

How Painful

excruciating
46 7.9
painful
737 1.0
sore
192 1.0
uncomfortable
713 1.7
pain-free
9 3.2

Surface Forms

pain-free positive

Morphology

pain-free = pain + free (transparent) = pain + free

The hyphenated compound combines 'pain' + 'free' to mean 'without pain', which a B1 learner can directly infer from the components.

Etymology

Pain-free is made of pain and free, where free here means 'without', as in duty-free or carefree, so pain-free means 'without physical pain'.