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shutterless

shutterless

1 6.4
Having no cover that closes over a window or camera lens
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃʌtərləs/
: sin persianas
  • The shutterless camera allowed for faster photography since it didn't require the usual pause to capture each image.
  • shutterless window

Examples

  • The buildings all looked very similar—white walls and tiled roofs, shutterless windows netted against the jungle's biting insects.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • See if you like the shutterless ones better, as I do.

    Blog text (24)

  • A bird perched on the frameless, shutterless window.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • The artist painted the scene of an abandoned house with shutterless windows, emphasizing the view of the overgrown garden.

  • During the storm, the shutterless windows let the rain pour in, soaking the floor of the old cabin.

Synonyms

unshuttered
vsshutterless
1 6.7

A window without shutters or with shutters open

is missing the closing mechanism entirely, including cameras without a closing flap

Antonyms

open
∞ 1.0

Not closed so people or things can go through

shuttered
10 3.7

A room or building with its windows closed by covers

Surface Forms

shutterless positive

Morphology

shutterless = shutter (transparent) = shutter + less

Formation is the regular adjective 'shutter' + '-less' meaning 'without shutters', which is directly inferable by learners familiar with '-less'.

Etymology

Shutterless is made of shutter and -less. The word shutter comes from the familiar word shut, which means 'to close', and -less means 'without', so shutterless describes a window or camera that is 'without shutters'.