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Etymology
Origin of waterless
before 950; Middle English waterlees, Old English waterlēas. See water, -less
Example Sentences
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The confined space was the waterless, non-flushing holding tank for the toilet.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
It already sells Olay waterless face wash “melts” and water-activated shampoo and conditioner.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
From Barron's ● Feb. 11, 2026
Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2024
By Friday the flower hung down over the rim of the waterless vase, its dead stump of a head shedding yellow dust in the pencil groove.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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