netless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *natją Proto-West Germanic *nati Old English nett Middle English net English net 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 netless From net + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking a net.
In the demo, this drama is captured by footage of a teenager, small and spindly, walking across a vacant lot, basketball in hand, to a netless court in a nearby school yard.
1988 February 5, Ben Joravsky, “Basketball dreams: filmmakers find a passport to black culture”, in Chicago Reader:
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(not-comparable) Without Internet access.
For the netless, id [software company] plans to ship 500,000 copies of a CD-ROM-based version to retail stores.
1996, TIME, page 62: