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stanchless

American  
[stawnch-lis, stahnch-, stanch-] / ˈstɔntʃ lɪs, ˈstɑntʃ-, ˈstæntʃ- /

adjective

  1. not to be stanched.

    We pressed more bandages to his stanchless wound, but we couldn't save him.

  2. incessant.

    a stanchless torrent of words.

Other Word Forms

  • stanchlessly adverb

Etymology

Origin of stanchless

First recorded in 1595–1605; stanch 1 + -less

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