-less /ləs/ adjective suffix
1 : not having something specified : without something
▪ childless ▪ friendless ▪ a cloudless sky ▪ my first painless day since leaving the hospital 2 a : never doing or becoming something specified
▪ tireless workers [=workers who never become tired] ▪ ceaseless noise [=noise that never ceases]
b : not able to be acted on in a specified way
▪ a dauntless hero [=a hero who cannot be daunted] ▪ countless years [=too many years to be counted]
▪ childless ▪ friendless ▪ a cloudless sky ▪ my first painless day since leaving the hospital
▪ tireless workers [=workers who never become tired] ▪ ceaseless noise [=noise that never ceases]
b : not able to be acted on in a specified way
▪ a dauntless hero [=a hero who cannot be daunted] ▪ countless years [=too many years to be counted]
