sexless
Americanadjective
-
having or seeming to have no sex; neuter.
-
having or seeming to have no sexual desires.
-
having no sex appeal; sexually uninteresting.
adjective
-
having or showing no sexual differentiation
-
having no sexual desires
-
sexually unattractive
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of sexless
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The character followed a tradition of popular drag acts, but O'Grady said he wanted to stand out from the "matronly and sexless" figures who had come before, like Dame Edna Everage and Hinge and Bracket.
From BBC ● Mar. 29, 2023
After a pivot away from Smokey in the 2000s, the Ad Council released a sexless 2019 animoji campaign for the bear’s 75th birthday, making him the longest-running public service announcement in our nation’s history.
From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2020
In other words, like many stars, it's easy to project all kinds of fantasy scenarios on Rudd, all of them childishly innocent and sexless and, if we're lucky, include him dancing awkwardly.
From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2019
Dworkin was widely regarded as sexless and “anti-sex,” feminism’s image problem incarnate, hated by various denominations of liberals and—except when she was campaigning against pornography—conservatives alike.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 25, 2019
So far as he was concerned, she might have been born in her severe, her sexless, long and shapeless habit, always black or gray.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
