printless

American  

[print-lis] / ˈprɪnt lɪs /

adjective

1. making, retaining, or showing no print or impression.

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Etymology

Origin of printless

First recorded in 1600–10; print + -less

Example Sentences

In 2011, the team homed in on one gene, SMARCAD1, which was mutated in the nine printless family members, identifying it as the cause of the rare disease.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2020

Underfoot was like walking on thicknesses of flannel, and except where we put our feet the place was as printless as a snowfield—dust, dust, unbroken grey dust.

From Widdershins by Onions, Oliver [pseud.]

"Beautiful scene! how fitted to allure The printless footsteps of some sea-born maid."

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 575, November 10, 1832 by Various

More thick these terrors grew; Broad fields stretched out in many a frozen ridge; While far beyond were paths of printless snow.

From The Arctic Queen by Unknown

Her waist was slender; and as she ran, she outstripped the winds, and her footsteps were printless on the tender herb.

From Imogen A Pastoral Romance by Godwin, William