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stringless

1 4.4

Not having strings, for example a puppet or small guitar that moves without them

adjective
/ˈstrɪŋləs/

: sin cuerdas

In April, at the bottom of the stairs, we found a stringless lute.

Examples

She chose a stringless instrument to make it simpler for her child to learn music.
It sounded like a hammer hitting a stringless damper.

Fiction book (1999)
Two hours later, Terri looked at the stringless violin in the block of plastic matrix and laughed.

Fiction book (1999)
The chef prepared a dish with stringless green beans for an easier cooking experience.
The company advertised a stringless vacuum cleaner that made cleaning hassle-free.

Antonyms

to stringed

1 3.4

To thread beads or lights onto a cord

Surface Forms

stringless positive

Morphology

stringless = string (transparent) = string + less

The meaning is clearly derived from the base word 'string' with the suffix '-less' indicating absence.

Etymology

Stringless is made from string, a thin cord like the strings on a guitar, and -less meaning 'without'. So stringless simply means 'without strings', which fits things like a guitar with no strings or a puppet that moves with hidden parts.