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sugarless

sugarless

5 2.5
Does not have any sugar
  • adjective
  • /ˈsʌɡərləs/
: 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
8 3.0

Does not contain added sugar

prohibits any sugar at all rather than only added sweeteners
nonsweet
vssugarless
1 3.8

Not containing sugar or tasting sweet

forbids any sugar presence rather than judging taste
unsugared
vssugarless
1 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
11 1.8

Made to taste sweet by adding sugar or honey

How Sugary

sugary
31 1.0
sweetened
11 1.8
unsweetened
8 3.0
sugarless
5 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'.