Benefitless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without benefits. not-comparable

    "In California, my partner and I signed a benefitless domestic partnership registry in 2001, and then, a scant two years later, we were granted a whole lot of separate-but-nearly-equal benefits involving inheritance, medical issues, adoption and state taxation."

Example

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"In California, my partner and I signed a benefitless domestic partnership registry in 2001, and then, a scant two years later, we were granted a whole lot of separate-but-nearly-equal benefits involving inheritance, medical issues, adoption and state taxation."

Etymology

From benefit + -less.

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