book
noun
a handwritten or printed work of fiction or nonfiction, usually on sheets of paper fastened or bound together within covers.
bookless
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a word derived from
book.
Example Sentences
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Audiobook giant Audible opened what it billed as the first "bookless bookstore" in New York on Friday as industry statistics show more American consumers embracing the format.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
Matthew B. Tepper, a professorial figure relaxing, bookless, on the far couch, said he would probably pick a book before leaving but was fighting a bit of ennui.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
The bookless library stands behind a locked chain-link fence with signs warning of 24-hour video surveillance, one of four libraries the City of San Jose has built but cannot afford to open.
From New York Times ● Feb. 18, 2012
Dostoevsky would cheer this up ... rush hour passengers enduring a bookless tube journey.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2010
Thirteen of the beneficed clergy were altogether bookless, though several of them possessed the baselard or dagger which church councils had forbidden in vain for centuries past; four more had only their Breviary.
From Chaucer and His England by G. G. Coulton
