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storyless

storyless

6.5
A building with only one level and no upper floors
  • adjective
  • /ˈstɔːrɪləs/
  • US
translation icon : sin historias
  • They preferred a storyless house because it was safer for their young children.

Examples

  • The new library is a storyless structure designed for easy access.

  • A storyless warehouse was built to store the heavy equipment.

  • The building is completely storyless.

  • Why are all the new designs storyless?

  • They preferred a storyless house because it was safer for their young children.

  • The new library is a storyless structure designed for easy access.

  • A storyless warehouse was built to store the heavy equipment.

Synonyms

low-rise
vsstoryless
2 4.0

A building with only one or a few floors and no elevator

is strictly limited to a single floor rather than one or a few

Antonyms

multistory
  • US
1 3.5

A building with more than one floor

How High

high-rise
40 3.0
multilevel
1 3.7
storyless
  • US
6.5

Surface Forms

storyless positive

Morphology

storyless = story (transparent) = story + less

The adjective is directly formed by adding the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without' to 'story' (here understood as a floor), so learners who know 'story' and '-less' can infer the meaning.

Etymology

Storyless comes from the parts story and -less, where -less means 'without' and story here means 'a floor' or 'level'. So a storyless building has no extra floors and is just one level.