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acreless en · ADJ

Etymology

From acre + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Lacking ownership or possession of land; landless.
    • And he finds himself considering those 60-story attitudes until he wonders what he is doing here, acreless, growing no tomatoes, watching all this progress turn his fingernails white and perfect for holding a pen or a glass. 2003, Jennifer Bosveld, Glass Works, page 13: