chargeless

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtʃɑrdʒləs/ UK /ˈtʃɑːdʒləs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
free of cost or free of electrical charge

The depleted battery left the device entirely chargeless.

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Synonyms

1 adj · free of cost or free of... free gratis complimentary costless neutral uncharged

Opposites

charged costly expensive

Word family

Related forms charge

Etymology

From charge + -less. Charge derives from Old French chargier ('to load'), from Late Latin carricāre ('to load a wagon'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), of Celtic origin.

chargier Old French carricāre Latin carrus Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# chargeless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃɑrdʒləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃɑːdʒləs/

## Meanings
1. free of cost or free of electrical charge

## Examples
- The depleted battery left the device entirely chargeless.

## Synonyms
- free
- gratis
- complimentary
- costless
- neutral
- uncharged

## Antonyms
- charged
- costly
- expensive

## Related Forms
- charge

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: chargier
- Root: carricāre
- Root: carrus

## Etymology
From charge + -less. Charge derives from Old French chargier ('to load'), from Late Latin carricāre ('to load a wagon'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), of Celtic origin.

## AI Etymology
Chargeless comes from charge + -less. Charge derives from Old French chargier ('to load'), from Late Latin carricāre ('to load a wagon'), from Latin carrus ('wagon, cart'), of Celtic origin. The historical trail runs through chargier in Old French, carricāre in Latin, and carrus in Latin. Morphologically, chargeless is transparent: it draws on charge + -less. Used as an adjective, chargeless now means "free of cost or free of electrical charge", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as charge. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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