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pillowless

pillowless

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Having no soft cushion to rest your head on
  • adjective
  • /ˈpɪloʊləs/
: sin almohada
  • The guest complained about the pillowless bed in her hotel room.

Examples

  • Camping in the wild, they spent the night in a pillowless tent.

  • After the long journey, he had to sleep on a pillowless mattress in the hostel.

  • She felt uncomfortable sleeping on a pillowless bed.

  • The pillowless couch was not suitable for guests.

  • After years of camping, he felt comfortable sleeping pillowless on the ground.

  • She decided to try sleeping pillowless to see if it improved her neck pain.

  • The hiker spent the night pillowless under the stars, enjoying the feel of nature.

Surface Forms

pillowless positive

Morphology

pillowless = pillow (transparent) = pillow + less

Standard adjectival formation: 'pillow' + '-less' clearly means 'without a pillow', which is directly inferable by learners.

Etymology

Pillowless is made from pillow and the ending -less, which means 'without'. So pillowless simply means 'without a pillow', and you can remember it like careless or homeless, which mean 'without care' and 'without a home'.