Paintless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without paint: unpainted (of an object), not involving paint (of a finishing process), or whose paint has worn off (of an object). not-comparable

    "In 1919, demobilisation specials from Purfleet, Essex, to the North, usually made up of nondescript, almost paintless or grey stock which had seen long wartime service, chalked with slogans, were worked through by way of Bromley and the North London line […]."

Synonyms

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unpainted

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"In 1919, demobilisation specials from Purfleet, Essex, to the North, usually made up of nondescript, almost paintless or grey stock which had seen long wartime service, chalked with slogans, were worked through by way of Bromley and the North London line […]."

Etymology

From paint + -less.

Related phrases

wear off

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