Chinless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a (pronounced) chin. not-comparable

    "1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent."

  2. 2
    Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    having a receding chin wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
gormlessgormlessopisthognathous

Example

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"1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent."

Etymology

From chin + -less.

Related phrases

chinless wonder

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