legless
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- adjective
- /ˈlɛɡləs/
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sin piernas
- After the accident, he learned to adapt to life as a legless individual with incredible resilience.
- legless lizard
- legless man
- legless woman
It's they're just these strange legless animals that just exist.
- It's they're just these strange legless animals that just exist.
Examples
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The legless man navigated the busy street using a wheelchair designed for his needs.
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Or the legless fellow on his little cart.
Academic text (2007) -
We pass the blind man, the legless man, and the woman who sings of a coming storm.
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He came home legless, but he's home.
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Blimey, he's legless, look at him!
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A legless office chair is suspended on cords from the roof beams.
Fiction book (1998) -
When she glanced at the legless man on the wooden scooter, all she found was respectful curiosity.
Fiction book (2002) -
Around the gate were beggars, peasant women with white kerchiefs and sun-browned faces, legless men with crutches and carts.
Fiction book (1992) -
In the museum, we saw a sculpture of a legless figure that beautifully captured the human form.
Synonyms
Having no legs or other body parts for walking
Antonyms
Compounds
How Many Legs
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Legless is made from leg ('a part of the body used for walking') and the ending -less ('without'), like in homeless, so it simply means 'without legs'.