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Meaning of "playless" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PLAYLESS

playless  [ˈpleɪlɪs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLAYLESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Playless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PLAYLESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of playless in the English dictionary

The definition of playless in the dictionary is having no play.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLAYLESS


amaryllis
ˌæməˈrɪlɪs
Baylis
ˈbeɪlɪs
bodiless
ˈbɒdɪlɪs
decayless
dɪˈkeɪlɪs
digitalis
ˌdɪdʒɪˈteɪlɪs
fontinalis
ˌfɒntɪˈneɪlɪs
gracilis
ˈɡræsɪlɪs
Halys
ˈheɪlɪs
lumbricalis
ˌlʌmbrɪˈkeɪlɪs
merciless
ˈmɜːsɪlɪs
moneyless
ˈmʌnɪlɪs
neurosyphilis
ˌnjʊərəʊˈsɪfɪlɪs
penniless
ˈpɛnɪlɪs
physalis
faɪˈseɪlɪs
pitiless
ˈpɪtɪlɪs
rayless
ˈreɪlɪs
stayless
ˈsteɪlɪs
syphilis
ˈsɪfɪlɪs
wayless
ˈweɪlɪs
Willis
ˈwɪlɪs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLAYLESS

playfulness
playgirl
playgoer
playgoing
playground
playgroup
playhouse
playing
playing card
playing field
playleader
playlet
playlist
playmaker
playmaking
playmate
playpen
playroom
playschool
playsome

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLAYLESS

berryless
bottomless
cloyless
endless
hobbyless
homeless
honeyless
joyless
juryless
keyless
less
much less
propertyless
puttyless
stainless
toyless
treatyless
unless
victoryless
wireless

Synonyms and antonyms of playless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «playless» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PLAYLESS

Find out the translation of playless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of playless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «playless» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

playless
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reproducirLess
570 millions of speakers

English

playless
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

playless
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

playless
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

playless
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

playless
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

playless
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

playless
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak bermain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

spielfreien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

playless
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

playless
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Playless
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

playless
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

playless
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

नापास
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

playless
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

playless
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

playless
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

playless
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

playless
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

playless
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

playless
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

playless
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

uten klaring
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of playless

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAYLESS»

The term «playless» is used very little and occupies the 167.284 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PLAYLESS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «playless» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «playless» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about playless

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLAYLESS»

Discover the use of playless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to playless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Allometry of Growth and Reproduction
For a hypothetical playless individual, kl will be reduced by a factor x and Equation (5.22) becomes 5W = C(k2 W0 - (kl/x)W")5t (5.23) From Equation (5.21) we can relate ECP and x. We have ECP = (kl W“ — (kl /x)W“)/kl W” (5.24) From ...
Michael J. Reiss, 1991
2
Wellington's Windows
Playless. It was October when Phoenix was added to Wellington's household, and though Wellington tried valiantly, he could not get Phoenix to play with him. He couldn't even make her squeak. He would present his ball to her and stand back ...
Marilyn Mae Randall, 2011
3
A New Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture
In the case of the hero combat plays it is more difficult to identify an analogous but playless host custom: it may have been (like the tradition just sug- gested as lying behind the masque) a now otherwise defunct courtesy visit to the household  ...
Michael Hattaway, 2010
4
American history told by contemporaries
I want to emphasize these two fundamental errors of the playless Sunday program, the false notion of rest and the false notion of Christianity. It is upon these two counts that the blue-laws crusade will be defeated, if defeated at all. The cry of ...
Albert Bushnell Hart, 1939
5
Sheet Metal Industries
The servo motor drives the two precision ground drive rollers through a playless transmission and gearbox. The playless transmission together with an automatic- electronic correction of tolerance errors guarantees a very high feeding- and ...
‎1988
6
Doing Holy Business: The Best of Vestry Papers
Horrible as that is, it is better than misleading children about blessing, which can lead to an empty and playless old age instead of wisdom. (Matt. 19:13-15, Mark 10:13-16, Luke 18:15-17) (Matt. 18:6-9, Mark 9:42-48, Luke 17:1-2) A mutual ...
Lindsay H. Freeman, 2006
7
Civic Passions (Large Print 16pt)
and fractious congregation of about 125 persons, mostly laborers and their families—“a homeless, playless, joyless, proletarian population.” There was much to be done. There was everything to be done.[28] Worship services were just the ...
Tichi, 2010
8
The Lives of the Puritans: Containing a Biographical Account ...
Your grace's to command, " Robert Wingfield, Thomas Peiton, William IIopton, Thomas Colbt, Robert Hopton, Thomas Playless."* William Cavendish, Though it does not appear what success attended their application, nor yet how long Mr.
Benjamin Brook, 1813
9
The Kid of Coney Island: Fred Thompson and the Rise of ...
... and renewal with the arrival of spring and a long season of replenishing labor, the Surf Avenue version occurred at the end of the summer — its season of excess and pleasure — before the onset of the cold, playless days of fall and winter.
Woody Register, 2003
10
Fifty Years in the Sociological Enterprise: A Lucky Journey
In Hoch's Rip Off the Big Game (1972) sport is portrayed as the product of a class - dominated society — exploitative, corrupt, playless, and the successor of religion as the opiate of the masses. This pseudo-Marxist tract was cited frequently in ...
Charles H. Page, 1985

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLAYLESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term playless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Toolroom Brings the Heat with Miami 2015 Compilation
... On Now (Set it Off)”), and Playless' “Broken,” which should have no trouble gaining ground in the rising popularity of the deep house genre. «Your EDM, Mar 15»
2
Your EDM Premiere & Giveaway: Playless - "Broken" + Win A Pair of …
It's the Barcelona native Playless with his latest hit, “Broken” that gives a pleasant taste of what to expect off of the Poolside portion of the album. «Your EDM, Feb 15»
3
The OXD Mirror: Monarchy's return and some Summer-friendly …
Next we have remixes by the likes of Four Tet, Isaac Christopher, and Playless for some of this summer's hottest returning pop acts like Lana ... «Towleroad, May 14»
4
New York Rangers power past power-playless Edmonton Oilers
ny Edmonton OIlers' Taylor Hall tries to check New York Rangers' Derrick Brassard during first period NHL action at Rexall Place in Edmonton, ... «Edmonton Sun, Mar 14»
5
Fanta goes Play with digital graphic novel
... source of Play in their town, after it mysteriously disappears one day, turning the community into sad, grey characters known as the 'Playless'. «afaqs, Jun 13»
6
Out To Launch
... to save their community from turning into sad characters known as the “Playless.” The app, created by Psyop and Ogilvy & Mather New York, ... «MediaPost Communications, May 13»
7
Fanta Launches 'Play Fanta,' a Global Graphic-Novel Campaign
... who are on a mission to save "play," after it disappears from their town -- turning its citizens into sad, gray characters known as the "playless.". «AdAge.com, May 13»
8
La. National Guard, other agencies open food, water, aid centers for …
Assumption Parish: the Playless Shopping Center in Plattenville. Terrebonne Parish: the Houma Civic Center, 346 Civic Center Blvd.; the ... «NOLA.com, Aug 12»
9
Whitney Biennial 2012
... spends her time describing to onlookers how she is streaming a radio interview on her computer to Los Angeles, an exercise in playless, self-preening egoism ... «Artnet, Mar 12»
10
The Playless Play's the Thing
It is now a three-person “playless reading,” or what used to be called (aptly, but somewhat comically in this case) a “closet drama,” a work ... «Forward, Apr 08»

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