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fishless

fishless

1 2.4
Having no fish present or caught
  • adjective
  • /ˈfɪʃləs/
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  • After several days of fishing, he returned fishless and disappointed.

Examples

  • Many lakes in the area have become fishless due to pollution.

  • So these two products join their fishless range and they're they're totally vegan.

  • Approximately half of all lakes and ponds remain fishless because of migration barriers (waterfalls) or lack of a stream connecting the lake to the sea.

    Academic text (2007)

  • It further asserted that there was no conclusive evidence that Adirondack lakes had become fishless due to acid rain and no evidence linking acid rain or sulfur dioxide to "widespread forest or crop damage" or adverse human health effects.

    Academic text (2001)

  • The once vibrant pond is now completely fishless, with no signs of aquatic life.

How Full

teeming
1 4.7
abundant
77 3.0
moderate
415 3.3
sparse
31 5.0
fishless
1 2.4

Surface Forms

fishless positive

Morphology

fishless = fish (transparent) = fish + less

The adjective is a straightforward negative/privative formation from 'fish' with the productive suffix '-less', meaning 'without fish'.

Etymology

Fishless is made of fish and the ending -less, where -less means 'without', just like homeless means 'without a home'. So, fishless simply means 'without fish', whether no fish were caught or none live in a place.