beardless

[beerd-lis]

adjective

1. having no beard or one shaved close to the skin.

2. (of a male) very young or immature.

beardless

/ ˈbɪədlɪs /

adjective

1. without a beard

2. too young to grow a beard; immature

Other Word Forms

• beardlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of beardless¹

Middle English word dating back to 1275–1325; beard, -less

Example Sentences

There was even a crew of beardless Santas on Friday.

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They were paging through a binder of listings, checking off the day’s sightings, including the northern beardless tyrannulet and greater pewee.

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The beardless cinchweed, for example, is a perennial in the sunflower family.

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“It was weird. I feel weird,” Odor said of being beardless.

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“It was weird. I feel weird,” Odor said of being beardless.

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Related Words

• bald 
• clean-shaven