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adj
Of food, drink, medication, chewing gum, etc: not containing sugar (and usually sweetened with a sugar substitute instead).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: sugarless
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar)bor. Old Italian zuccherobor. Old French çucrebor. Middle English sugre English sugar Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English sugar-free From sugar + -free.
Across languages
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