washless

English

Etymology

wash +‎ -less

Adjective

washless (not comparable)

1. Without a wash, or an act of washing.
   • 1918, Donald Baxter MacMillan, Four Years in the White North, page 260:

     Seventy soapless, washless days.

2. That does not involve washing.
   • 1912, Theatre Magazine, volume 16, page 23:

     Beautiful women never use soap and water on their faces, since they find they can secure and retain complexions of sparkling beauty by the new washless method — the method that cleans out the clogged pores and keeps them clean.

3. That does not need to be washed.
   • 1924, Don Herold, So Human, page 40:

     There are now washless dishes, painless razors, painless shoes, painless corsets, prepared soups, painless photographs (it used to give you a stiff neck for three days to have your picture taken) […]