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driveless en · ADJ

Etymology

From drive + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without any psychological drives; inert.
  2. (not-comparable) Without a (mechanical or computer) drive.
    • When you sit at a Mac that does have a drive and turn on this option, those driveless computers on the network can “see,” and borrow, your Mac's DVD drive for the purpose of installing new software or running Mac disk-repair software. 2018, David Pogue, MacOS High Sierra: The Missing Manual, page 368:

Deriveds

drivelessness

Translations (1)

pl beznapędowy (without a mechanical drive)