Writerless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a writer. not-comparable

    "Mr. O’Brien, who also sported a beard, didn’t try to go on as usual, but gave a sober speech in defense of the writers, then turned his show into a long comic riff on his writerless state, spinning his wedding ring for laughs and giving a show-and-tell tour of his office at NBC."

Example

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"Mr. O’Brien, who also sported a beard, didn’t try to go on as usual, but gave a sober speech in defense of the writers, then turned his show into a long comic riff on his writerless state, spinning his wedding ring for laughs and giving a show-and-tell tour of his office at NBC."

Etymology

From writer + -less.

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