beardless
Americanadjective
-
without a beard
-
too young to grow a beard; immature
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of beardless
Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at beard, -less
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
A short film called “SuperBob,” about a melancholy lo-fi superhero played by a beardless Goldstein, eventually led to a cult feature of the same name.
From New York Times ● Mar. 11, 2023
Ladygina, a native speaker of Ukrainian and Russian, explains that Goloborodko means "beardless" and symbolizes a man without experience.
From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2022
There was even a crew of beardless Santas on Friday.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 12, 2022
Two blocks away, a beardless man in his 30s named Ahmad Amiri was perched nervously inside a motorcycle repair shop.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 6, 2021
Scheibert, the beardless Prussian, moody, prim, was dressed all in white, white coat, floppy white hat, the inevitable glittering monocle.
From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
