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hairless

[ hair-lis ]

adjective

  1. without hair; bald:

    his pink hairless pate.



hairless

/ ˈhɛəlɪs /

adjective

  1. having little or no hair
  2. slang.
    very angry; raging


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  • hairless·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of hairless1

First recorded in 1375–1425, hairless is from the late Middle English word hereles. See hair, -less

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Example Sentences

Instead, these variations produce hairless fruits and twigs and have been used to create sumac-ade for centuries.

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These social rodents are famous for their wrinkly, hairless bodies.

These social rodents are famous for their wrinkly, hairless appearance.

The mice were grafted with 100% hairless human skin and then administered the drug.

At its most pejorative, the term describes a uniquely disposable kind of young gay man: Hairless, guileless, witless.

A few years after that first bald spot showed up, I was completely hairless—no eyebrows, no eyelashes, no forearm hair.

Hernán Cortés -- an unpleasant conquistador -- hated the Mexican Hairless, and attempted to eradicate the breed.

These guys also like their girls to be hairless, so they assume the girls want the same thing from them.

It was no worm that Mrs. Robin had found, but Grandfather Mole's hairless tail sticking out of the ground.

Joey was puny and hairless as ever, but in Rose's face as she looked at him there was a flush of maternal tenderness and gravity.

He was a young man with a clear, hairless face, a long thin nose, and rather nutcracker jaws.

The mouth opened, a froglike division of the hairless skull, revealing double rows of jagged teeth.

The hairless protective plates, tiny red-rimmed eyes, and countless, saliva-dripping teeth did little to inspire confidence.

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