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soapless

  • a word derived from soap.
    soap
    noun
    a substance used for washing and cleansing purposes, usually made by treating a fat with an alkali, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, and consisting chiefly of the sodium or potassium salts of the acids contained in the fat.

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Are some seconds better than none; is a soapless wash better than giving up; does hand lotion make germs sticky?

From Slate ● Feb. 29, 2020

Chemists are trying to put a soapless detergent into cake form.

From Time Magazine Archive

Soap "deprives the body of fat," anyhow, and it is better to take a lot of soapless air baths.

From Time Magazine Archive

During World War I, when fats for soapmaking were scarce, German chemists again tried in earnest to concoct soapless soaps.

From Time Magazine Archive

They should get out of their clothes as soon as possible and wash themselves with soap, or better, the "soapless" detergents now in most U.S. kitchens.*

From Time Magazine Archive