passless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈpæsləs/ (US)
Etymology
From pass + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Offering no way to pass; impassable.
Behold what passless rocks on either hand
1656, Abraham Cowley, The Plagues of Egypt:
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(not-comparable) Without a pass (authorization document).
Demonstrators were instructed to leave their passes at their homes and present themselves passless at police stations.
1987, Michael Dingake, My Fight Against Apartheid, page 57: