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odorless

odorless

11 3.0
Not having any smell
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊdərləs/
  • US
: inodoro
  • Carbon monoxide from your car's exhaust is odorless, colorless, and lethal.
  • odorless and colorless
  • odorless and tasteless
  • odorless powder

It's a odorless white fast curing urethane resin usually sold under the name Instacast or Fastcast or something like that.

Examples

  • - The drug is tasteless and odorless.

    Cypher (2002)

  • It's odorless, undetectable by the dogs.

    Traffic (2000)

  • Just one full cap in your dog's water, and wow, it's odorless, tasteless.

  • In powder form, it's colorless, odorless and incredibly dangerous.

    White Noise (2022)

  • The oil is odorless.

    Kamasutra Nights (2008)

  • It's odorless and tasteless.

    Super Zeroes (2012)

  • Radon is a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that comes from the natural radioactive breakdown.

    Academic text (2008)

  • It is odorless, tasteless, dissolves instantly in liquid, and is among the more deadly poisons known to man.

    The Princess Bride (1987)

  • The new cleaning solution is completely odorless and safe for use around pets.

  • This air freshener is designed to neutralize odors without leaving any odorless residue.

Synonyms

scentless
vsodorless
1 4.1

Having no smell that people can notice

focuses on not producing smell rather than retaining it
inodorous
vsodorless
1 8.6

Not having any smell

means not producing smell rather than keeping it

Antonyms

odorous
1 5.5

Having a smell you can notice

How Strong

fetid
8 7.9
odoriferous
  • Formal
1 8.5
odorous
1 5.5
scented
52 2.3
odorless
  • US
11 3.0

Surface Forms

odorless positive

Morphology

odorless = odor (transparent) = odor + less

The adjective is formed regularly from the noun 'odor' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning is directly inferable.

Etymology

Odorless comes from the word odor 'smell' plus the ending -less 'without'. So it literally means 'without smell', which is why something described as odorless has no scent.