Lackless
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Devoid of lack. not-comparable, rare
"Realizing as they do the necessity for reaching a class that they regard as beneath their own, they attempt to ' write down ' to their readers, and they are apt to do this with an insolence and a lackless condescension that are a positive insult to those whom they address."
- 2 hapless; unfortunate
"Courts martial convened at the courthouse quite frequently for the trial of offenders against the militia law, and many a lackless delinquent was fined for his non-attendance at drills or musters, or for other offenses."
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More examples"Realizing as they do the necessity for reaching a class that they regard as beneath their own, they attempt to ' write down ' to their readers, and they are apt to do this with an insolence and a lackless condescension that are a positive insult to those whom they address."
Etymology
From Middle English lackles, lakles, lacles, equivalent to lack + -less.
Probably a special development of the above, influenced by luckless.
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