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printless

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[print-lis] / ˈprɪnt lɪs /

adjective

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


Etymology

Origin of printless

First recorded in 1600–10; print + -less

Example Sentences

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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 Godwin, William

And then aspire I not, but cower in awe Down 'mid low, printless winds that take no morn.—

From Blooms of the Berry by Cawein, Madison J.

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

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

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

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