degreeless en · ADJ
Etymology
From degree + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without an academic degree.
There also went the confidential secretaries, the clerks and shorthand typists, in their hundreds; degreeless, brainless beings, but wise in their generation. '
1920, Rose Macaulay, Potterism:A university can confer a degree upon a distinguished man because it can judge whether his degreeless condition is due to accident or not.
1912, Emile Faguet, The Cult of Incompetence:
- (not-comparable) Without extent or measure.