-less — English Dictionary

Suffix

1. Lacking (something); without (something). Added usually to a noun to form an adjective signifying a lack of that noun.

   Usage

   • morpheme
   • not-comparable
   • usually

   Examples

   aweless, skill-less, artless, doubtless, countless, soulless, will-less, tireless.

   More examples (1)

   The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone, essentially what today we might term a frameless magnifying glass or plain glass paperweight.