backless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

back +‎ -less

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Adjective[edit]

backless (not comparable)

  1. Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress.
    a backless surgical gown
    • 1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife
      The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa, […]
  2. (of a person) Having the back uncovered, showing the skin.

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