sexless

[seks-lis]

adjective

1. having or seeming to have no sex; neuter.

2. having or seeming to have no sexual desires.

3. having no sex appeal; sexually uninteresting.

sexless

/ ˈsɛkslɪs /

adjective

1. having or showing no sexual differentiation

2. having no sexual desires

3. sexually unattractive

Other Word Forms

• sexlessly adverb
• sexlessness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sexless¹

First recorded in 1590–1600; sex + -less

Example Sentences

For a generation slandered as sexless and terminally stilted, Sombr has done a hard trick — imbued indie rock with a generationally fresh, fully-articulated sense of young male desire and ran it up the pop charts.

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But the film quickly sheds any tendency toward black humor or sensuality in favor of its sexless pixie heroine.

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The parody ad imagines couture for 30-something women as roomy, boxy, drab and sexless.

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"Doctor Who was kind of sexless... he's with a beautiful woman all the time and never looks at her sexually. And that's an interesting little chime with a young, gay boy," he said.

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We glean that this was a match of undesirables: the timid, sexless guy no girl wanted and the girl too outspoken to be paired.

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