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beardless

American  
[beerd-lis] / ˈbɪərd lɪs /

adjective

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

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

beardless British  
/ ˈbɪədlɪs /

adjective

  1. without a beard

  2. too young to grow a beard; immature

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • beardlessness noun

Etymology

Origin of beardless

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

Example Sentences

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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

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

From New York Times • Jun. 15, 2021

The lamp on Kevin’s side of the bed went on and I could see him beardless now, but with his thatch of gray hair uncut.

From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler

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