adj
Meaning 1
Without sexual activity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- They have a sexless marriage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sexless
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adj
Meaning 2
Without physical or behavioral sexual distinction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Provoking or showing no sexual desire.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- A small child is sexless.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
Without sex appeal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
sexually unattractive
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
having no sexual desire
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: neuter
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From sex + -less. Compare sexful.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: geslagloos — not having sexual characteristics
- Belarusian: бяспло́цевы (bjasplócjevy) — not having sexual characteristics
- Belarusian: бяспо́лы (bjaspóly) — not having sexual characteristics
- Bulgarian: безпо́лов (bezpólov) — not having sexual characteristics
- Chinese Mandarin: 無性 /无性 (wúxìng) — not having sexual characteristics
- Czech: bezpohlavní — not having sexual characteristics
- Dutch: geslachtloos — not having sexual characteristics
- Finnish: sukupuoleton — not having sexual characteristics
- French: asexué — not having sexual characteristics
- German: geschlechtslos — not having sexual characteristics
- Japanese: 無性の (musei no) — not having sexual characteristics
- Korean: 중성의 (jungseong-ui) — not having sexual characteristics
- Macedonian: бесполен (bespolen) — not having sexual characteristics
- Norwegian Bokmål: kjønnsløs — not having sexual characteristics
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kjønnslaus — not having sexual characteristics
- Polish: bezpłciowy — not having sexual characteristics
- Russian: беспо́лый (bespólyj) — not having sexual characteristics
- Slovak: bezpohlavný — not having sexual characteristics
- Ukrainian: безстате́вий (bezstatévyj) — not having sexual characteristics
- Afrikaans: seksloos — not having sexual relations
- Bulgarian: фриги́ден (frigíden) — not having sexual relations
- Dutch: seksloos — not having sexual relations
- Finnish: seksitön — not having sexual relations
- Slovak: bez sexu — not having sexual relations