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😴 Lacking energy 🤝 No emotional ties 🧥 No zipper
zipless

zipless

1 8.5
Does not involve feelings and is only physical
  • adjective
  • /ˈzɪpləs/
  • US
: sin complicaciones
  • The vacation was wonderfully zipless, allowing us to enjoy our time without any emotional ties.

Examples

  • Okay, so tell me about the zipless fuck.

    Wild (2014)

  • Mom, I am not gonna discuss zipless fucks with you.

    Wild (2014)

  • Many young people today seek zipless relationships that are uncomplicated and free from attachment.

  • He preferred zipless experiences during his travels, avoiding deep connections with the places or people he encountered.

Synonyms

effortless
vszipless
28 2.6

Done easily and smoothly without hard work

is simple but also lacks emotional involvement or attachments
emotionless
vszipless
10 5.5

Not showing feelings on the face or in the voice

is free from emotional involvement while focusing on simplicity of the action
fancy-free
vszipless
6 6.8

Not having responsibilities or ties and free to do what you want

is about experiences lacking emotional ties rather than lacking responsibilities
without any frills
vszipless
1 3.8

Simple and plain with no extra things or decorations

is simple in form yet also free from emotional involvement

Antonyms

complicated
∞ 5.4

Difficult to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts

involved
211 3.5

Feeling a strong emotional connection to someone or something

Compounds

zipless bag
  • UK
7.8

A bag without a zipper that has a smooth, simple shape

zipless design
  • UK
8.2

A style of clothing or bag without zippers that looks smooth and simple

How Involved

attached
96 3.7
involved
211 3.5
detached
43 5.5
zipless
  • US
1 8.5
impersonal
31 5.1

Surface Forms

zipless positive

Morphology

zipless = zip (semi-transparent) = zip + less

The adjective is formed from 'zip' + '-less', but the specific literary/idiomatic sense 'free from emotional involvement' (coined in literature) is not fully predictable for an average learner.

Etymology

Zipless is made from zip and -less, where -less means 'without', and a helpful way to remember it is to think of zip as 'quick' or purely physical rather than emotional. So a zipless relationship is a quick, no-strings meeting 'without' emotional ties.