painless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
From Middle English paynles, peynlees, equivalent to pain + -less. Compare West Frisian pynleas (“painless”), Dutch pijnloos (“painless”).
Meanings
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Free from pain; without pain or trouble.
There are now washless dishes, painless razors, painless shoes, painless corsets, prepared soups, painless photographs (it used to give you a stiff neck for three days to have your picture taken)[…]
1924, Don Herold, So Human, page 40:
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Not difficult; easy.
At first it seemed like a very painless way to get my work done and I told Milly to let me sleepwrite as much as I liked. We discovered, however, that although my subconscious might lead me to the typewriter, it couldn't make me think.
1952, Morris McNeil Musselman, Second Honeymoon, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more painless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most painless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
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Translations (45)
ja 無痛 (without pain or trouble) · ru безболе́зненный (without pain or trouble) · ar غَيْر مُؤْلِم (without pain or trouble) · hu fájdalommentes (without pain or trouble) · ca indolor (without pain or trouble) · tr ağrısız (without pain or trouble) · fr indolore (without pain or trouble) · bg безболезнен (without pain or trouble) · be бязбо́льны (without pain or trouble) · et valutu (without pain or trouble) · sh безболан (without pain or trouble) · grc ἄλυπος (without pain or trouble) · grc ἀνάλγητος (without pain or trouble) · nb smertefri (without pain or trouble) · mi kore mamae (without pain or trouble) · fy pynleas (without pain or trouble) · cmn 無痛 /无痛 (without pain or trouble) · pt indolor (without pain or trouble) · lt beskausmis (without pain or trouble) · af pynloos (without pain or trouble) · hu fájdalmatlan (without pain or trouble) · az ağrısız (without pain or trouble) · fi kivuton (without pain or trouble) · tr acısız (without pain or trouble) · de schmerzlos (without pain or trouble) · cs bezbolestný (without pain or trouble) · es indoloro (without pain or trouble) · gv neuphiandagh (without pain or trouble) · ro fără durere (without pain or trouble) · mi tangatanga (without pain or trouble) · lt neskausmingas (without pain or trouble) · ro nedureros (without pain or trouble) · pl bezbolesny (without pain or trouble) · nn smertefri (without pain or trouble) · da smertefri (without pain or trouble) · de schmerzfrei (without pain or trouble) · nl pijnloos (without pain or trouble) · ka უმტკივნეულო (without pain or trouble) · it indolore (without pain or trouble) · sh bezbolan (without pain or trouble) · sv smärtfri (without pain or trouble) · eo sendolora (without pain or trouble) · uk безбо́лісний (without pain or trouble) · es sin dolor (without pain or trouble) · el ανώδυνος άπονος (without pain or trouble)