Contextless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    without context not-comparable

    "Like their fellow Glaswegians in Arab Strap, Scatter like to add contextless and slightly cryptic monologues to their music--an unfortunate predilection, since the delivery usually sounds forced and overstrict alongside the impulsive swells of the band's free-folk drone."

Example

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"Like their fellow Glaswegians in Arab Strap, Scatter like to add contextless and slightly cryptic monologues to their music--an unfortunate predilection, since the delivery usually sounds forced and overstrict alongside the impulsive swells of the band's free-folk drone."

Etymology

From context + -less.

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