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contourless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without a contour or contours.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1981, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary, London: Heinemann, Section One, p. 112, They would carry their private grief on their faces for a few weeks more before hiding it inside and resuming the communal, contourless monotony of prison life.

Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From contour + -less. Cognate with Swedish konturlös.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: bezkonturowy — Translations
  • Swedish: konturlös — Translations