💍 Without a ring 🔕 Silent, not ringing

ringless

1 4.2

Not making a ringing sound, like a phone that is silent

adjective
/ˈrɪŋləs/

: silencioso

The phone remained ringless all afternoon, so she assumed no one needed her.

Examples

After the power outage, the school bell was ringless and students waited in confusion.
He set his alarm to ringless mode so it would not disturb anyone.
My phone is ringless during meetings.
The alarm was ringless this morning.
The phone remained ringless all afternoon, so she assumed no one needed her.
He set his alarm to ringless mode so it would not disturb anyone.
After the power outage, the school bell was ringless and students waited in confusion.

Synonyms

silent

vsringless

278 1.0

Not making any sound

is specific to the absence of bell or phone sound rather than all noise

unringing

vsringless

8.5

Not making a bell sound

is the same idea but is used especially for phones or alarms

Antonyms

ringing

2 3.2

A loud clear tone a voice or speech has that sounds like an echo

How Loud

deafening

30 3.5

loud

775 1.0

audible

33 3.5

quiet

∞ 1.0

ringless

1 4.2

silent

278 1.0

Surface Forms

ringless positive

Morphology

ringless = ring (transparent) = ring + less

The adjective is formed with the productive suffix '-less' attached to 'ring' understood as the sound, yielding 'without ringing', which learners can readily infer.

Etymology

Ringless is made of ring meaning 'the sound a bell or phone makes' and -less meaning 'without', like in careless. So a ringless phone or alarm is one that is 'without its ringing sound'.