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Waterless

//ˈwɔːtə(ɹ)ləs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Dry, arid, lacking water. not-comparable

    "The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest."

  2. 2
    Not requiring water. not-comparable

    "How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking sufficient water or rainfall wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).

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