saltless

[ sawlt-lis ]

/ ˈsɔlt lɪs /

adjective

lacking salt.

lacking vitality; dull; insipid: a saltless person.

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Which of the options below is the best punctuation for the sentence? It__s your turn to pick the movie __ but your sister gets to pick the board game we _ re going to play.

Its your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game we’re going to play.

It’s your turn to pick the movie but your sister gets to pick the board game were going to play.

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Origin of saltless

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at salt¹, -less

Words nearby saltless

salting, salting out, saltire, saltirewise, saltish, saltless, saltness, salto, salton sea, saltpan, saltpeter

Example sentences from the Web for saltless

Having once experienced a saltless two weeks in the desert Lake doubted that any of them could survive without it.
Space Prison|Tom Godwin
By using this saltless water they can irrigate the land near the oceans and grow some food to live on.
Common Science|Carleton W. Washburne
Within a few seconds there is not a living thing left in the world, and the saltless waves dash up on a barren shore.
Common Science|Carleton W. Washburne
There still seems to be a great lot of this saltless salt in use.
Quiet Talks on Following the Christ|S. D. Gordon

A diet consisting entirely of butterless and saltless potatoes in various forms became after three or four days extremely tedious.
The Escaping Club|A. J. Evans