adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Without property—things owned. not-comparable

   "How is it, then, that they are obliged to remain homeless, landless, propertyless, resourceless?"

2. 2
   Having no properties—attributes or abstract qualities associated with an object. not-comparable

Adjective

1. 1
   of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

bankruptblue-collardestitutedown-and-outhomelessin the red

Example

More examples

"They were not democracies; women, slaves, and the propertyless could not vote."

Etymology

From property + -less.

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