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

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Example Sentences

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printless

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

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 William Godwin

Time as a shadow speeds across thy plains, Leaving no record of his printless feet;...

From Devon, Its Moorlands, Streams and Coasts by Rosalind Northcote

Slow and true are the avenging deities, with printless foot hounding the impious along their winding path: for law is old as oldest time.

From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Richard Green Moulton

I could talk with thee, till hasty night, Ere yet the sentinel day had done his watch; Veil'd like a spy, should steal on printless feet, To listen to our parley!

From The Indian Princess La Belle Sauvage by Montrose Jonas Moses

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