maskless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈmæskləs/ (US)
Etymology
Etymology tree English mask Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English maskless From mask + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a mask; lacking a mask or masks.
“One-way masking works,” Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease specialist at Johns Hopkins University, said. When he is treating tuberculosis patients, they are typically maskless, and he wears an N95 mask to protect himself.
2022 April 22, David Leonhardt, “Maskless Flying”, in The New York Times: