beardless
Americanadjective
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without a beard
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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
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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
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
“That was a stare that would stop a clock,” a beardless David Feherty says.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 23, 2020
“I’m going to tell him,” Clevinger insisted, as the two of them sat high in the reviewing stands looking down on the auxiliary parade-ground at Lieutenant Scheisskopf raging back and forth like a beardless Lear.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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