painless

[ peyn-lis ]

/ ˈpeɪn lɪs /

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adjective

without pain; causing little or no pain: painless dentistry; a painless cure.

Informal. not difficult; requiring little or no hard work or exertion.

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Origin of painless

First recorded in 1560–70; pain + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM painless

pain·less·ly, adverbpain·less·ness, noun

Words nearby painless

Painesville, Paine, Thomas, painful, pain in the neck, painkiller, painless, pain-pleasure principle, pain point, pains, painstaking, paint

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How to use painless in a sentence

The testing process is simple and painless by analyzing, and drawing results from a hair sample.
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Politicians, in their desire to win voter approval, exaggerated the possibilities of change by promising painless solutions and immediate results.
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“Repairing our city budget won’t be a quick or painless process,” Gloria wrote in a statement.
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Retailers need to understand that shopping experiences need to be quick and painless.
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Like all of Wahoo’s cycling computers, the companion app makes it painless to upload routes from third-party sites like RideWithGPS and Strava.
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The familiar and mournful theme song, “Suicide Is Painless,” filled the room.
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A soon-to-be released app uses text streaming to make reading quick and painless.
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Much debate centered on the necessary current and the current type (AC versus DC) to assure a rapid and painless death.
The Death Penalty’s Gruesome Truth|Kent Sepkowitz|February 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
According to him, the process to obtain official marriage registration was fairly painless.
States Seek to Turn Back Clock on Military Gay Couples With Marriage Rights|Hanqing Chen|November 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
As long as you don't mind forgoing some of your pool time for a meeting with the lawyers, it all sounds pretty painless.
Book a Vacation at a Divorce Hotel and End Your Marriage in Luxury|Nina Strochlic|July 18, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Could a course like hers have terminated more appropriately than with so beautiful, painless, and tranquil a passing away?
Mary, Help of Christians|Various
Three things that constitute a physician: a complete cure; leaving no blemish behind; a painless examination.
Ancient Irish Poetry|Various
He had had a very happy life, with plenty of fun and plenty of kindness, and he had a very rapid and painless death.
The Animal Story Book|Various
The highest idea of the Hindu, as of the Buddhist, is to pass out into a sort of painless existence of nothingness.
Round the Wonderful World|G. E. Mitton
Outside of a little cranking these once difficult experiences had now become practically painless.
The Boy Grew Older|Heywood Broun

British Dictionary definitions for painless

painless

adjective

not causing pain or distress

not affected by pain

Derived forms of painless

painlessly, adverbpainlessness, noun

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