porchless

1 4.5

Not having a porch attached to a house or building

adjective
/ˈpɔːrʧləs/

: sin porche

Many modern designs are porchless.

Examples

The porchless house looked plain compared to its neighbors.
They preferred a porchless design to maximize their garden space.
Many modern apartments are porchless, focusing on indoor living areas instead.
This house is porchless but still very charming.
The new apartment building is modern and sleek, but many residents feel that living in a porchless design limits their outdoor space.
As they walked by the old house, they noticed that it was porchless, creating a stark contrast to the charming homes with inviting front porches nearby.
After years of living in a porchless home, she finally decided to build an addition that included a cozy front porch.

Surface Forms

porchless positive

Morphology

porchless = porch (transparent) = porch + less

The adjective is a straightforward negative formation from 'porch' with the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without'.

Etymology

The word porchless is made from porch and -less. Porch means 'a small covered area at the front door' and -less means 'without', so porchless means a house or building 'without a porch'.