US /ˈhitləs/ UK /ˈhiːtləs/
adj Freq #538118

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    without warmth or heat; cold

    By late autumn the pale, heatless sun barely warmed the frozen field.

  2. 2
    adj

    producing little or no heat

    The museum uses heatless LED lighting to protect fragile manuscripts.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 adj · without warmth or heat; cold coldunheatedchill
2 adj · producing little or no heat cool-runningnonthermalathermal
Opposites
hotheatedheat-producingthermal
Word family
Derived forms heatlessness
Related forms heatcoldtemperatureluminescence

Etymology

Formed from heat + -less, the suffix meaning 'without.' The word can describe something deprived of warmth or a process, light source, or device that produces no appreciable heat.

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