legless

British  

/ ˈlɛɡlɪs /

adjective

1. without legs

2. informal very drunk

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Example Sentences

England were "feckless, reckless and legless" on their dismal Ashes tour of Australia, according to the editor of the prestigious Wisden Almanack.

From BBC • Apr. 13, 2026

Now scientists have finally straightened out how these legless escape artists use only a simple collection of muscles and neurons to seamlessly slither out of tight tangles.

From Scientific American • Apr. 27, 2023

Early avatar models introduced by Meta, as well as Microsoft, have been ridiculed for appearing as legless, waist-up bodies floating around their virtual worlds.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

Lotion tubes, squirt bottles, brushes, a honey bear, solo flip-flops, a Wiffle ball and a legless lawn flamingo now stained bone-white, all provide the canvas for Riley’s patterned mariner drawings in India ink.

From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2022

When we get up to leave, my legless pop yells from his wheelchair, “Make the few remaining Irish people in this town proud!”

From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick