foodless

C2 Topic:Food & Drink
US /ˈfuːdləs/ UK /ˈfuːdləs/
adj Freq #252204

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    having or receiving no food

    After three foodless days, the stranded hikers were weak and exhausted.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · having or receiving no food unfedstarvingwithout food
Opposites
Word family
Related forms foodfoodlessness

Etymology

From Middle English fodeles, formed from food + -less. The transparent compound has long described a person, place, or period in which food is absent.

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