Patternless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a decorative pattern. not-comparable

    ""I ought to imitate you, in fact, Mr. Vholes?" says Richard, sitting down again with an impatient laugh and beating the devil's tattoo with his boot on the patternless carpet."

  2. 2
    Without a repeating pattern; random. not-comparable
  3. 3
    That does not cut around a pattern. not-comparable
  4. 4
    That does not belong to a programming or markup pattern. not-comparable

Example

More examples

""I ought to imitate you, in fact, Mr. Vholes?" says Richard, sitting down again with an impatient laugh and beating the devil's tattoo with his boot on the patternless carpet."

Etymology

From pattern + -less. Piecewise doublet of patronless.

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