subjectless — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Lacking a subject (citizen).

   Usage

   • not-comparable

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   The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something.

2. Lacking a subject or theme.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

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   Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form.

3. Lacking a grammatical subject.

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   • not-comparable

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   “We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless, past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe.