painless

[ peyn-lis ]

adjective

1. without pain; causing little or no pain:

   painless dentistry; a painless cure.

2. Informal. not difficult; requiring little or no hard work or exertion.

ˈpainless

adjective

1. not causing pain or distress
2. not affected by pain

Derived Forms

• ˈpainlessness, noun
• ˈpainlessly, adverb

Other Words From

• painless·ly adverb
• painless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of painless¹

First recorded in 1560–70; pain + -less

Example Sentences

The testing process is simple and painless by analyzing, and drawing results from a hair sample.

From Popular-Science

Politicians, in their desire to win voter approval, exaggerated the possibilities of change by promising painless solutions and immediate results.

From Washington Post

“Repairing our city budget won’t be a quick or painless process,” Gloria wrote in a statement.

From Voice of San Diego

Retailers need to understand that shopping experiences need to be quick and painless.

From Search Engine Land

Like all of Wahoo’s cycling computers, the companion app makes it painless to upload routes from third-party sites like RideWithGPS and Strava.

From Outside Online

The familiar and mournful theme song, “Suicide Is Painless,” filled the room.

From The Daily Beast

A soon-to-be released app uses text streaming to make reading quick and painless.

From The Daily Beast

Much debate centered on the necessary current and the current type (AC versus DC) to assure a rapid and painless death.

From The Daily Beast

According to him, the process to obtain official marriage registration was fairly painless.

From The Daily Beast

As long as you don't mind forgoing some of your pool time for a meeting with the lawyers, it all sounds pretty painless.

From The Daily Beast

Could a course like hers have terminated more appropriately than with so beautiful, painless, and tranquil a passing away?

From Project Gutenberg

Three things that constitute a physician: a complete cure; leaving no blemish behind; a painless examination.

From Project Gutenberg

He had had a very happy life, with plenty of fun and plenty of kindness, and he had a very rapid and painless death.

From Project Gutenberg

The highest idea of the Hindu, as of the Buddhist, is to pass out into a sort of painless existence of nothingness.

From Project Gutenberg

Outside of a little cranking these once difficult experiences had now become practically painless.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• innocent
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• inoffensive
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