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sugarless

sugarless

4 2.5
Does not have any sugar
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌɡərləs/
translation icon : sin azúcar
  • The coffee was sugarless and slightly muddied with milk.
  • sugarless gum
  • pack of sugarless gum
  • sugarless and low-fat

Examples

  • Is that sugarless gum you're chewing?

    Fiction book (1996)

  • You wanted me to chew sugarless gum.

  • One pack of gum, sugarless.

    The Real McCoy (1993)

  • You wanted me to chew sugarless gum.

    White Noise (2022)

  • The coffee was sugarless and slightly muddied with milk.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • But chewing sugarless gum does have health benefits:

    Blog text (12)

  • Dora took a stick of sugarless gum from her pocket.

    Fiction book (1990)

  • Dora took a stick of sugarless gum from her pocket.

Synonyms

unsweetened
vssugarless
7 3.0

Does not contain added sugar

prohibits any sugar at all rather than only added sweeteners
nonsweet
vssugarless
3.8

Not containing sugar or tasting sweet

forbids any sugar presence rather than judging taste
unsugared
vssugarless
3.6

With no sugar added

excludes any sugar entirely rather than only avoiding added sugar

Antonyms

sugary
31 1.0

Tasting very sweet because it has a lot of sugar

sweetened
1.8

Made to taste sweet by adding sugar or honey

How Sugary

sugary
31 1.0
sweetened
1.8
unsweetened
7 3.0
sugarless
4 2.5

Surface Forms

sugarless positive

Morphology

sugarless = sugar (transparent) = sugar + less

The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'sugar' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning is immediately clear.

Etymology

Sugarless combines sugar, the sweet ingredient, and the ending -less, which means 'without', just like in hopeless or careless. So sugarless describes a food or drink that is 'without sugar'.