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plasticless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic 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 plasticless From plastic + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without plastic.
    • While most of us were still thinking music only came on discs, IUMA was already living out the future, bringing paperless, plasticless, pure music to devices that now look like computers but may soon be as ubiquitous as cell phones […] 1998, Jeff Patterson, Ryan Melcher, Audio on the Web, page vi:
    • Without a spare (added evidence of a deranged mind) I press on, the sled grinding away on bare aluminum. I will later come to learn that another guy, Hugh Neff, became plasticless at about the same place. 2013, Jim Lanier, Beyond Ophir: Confessions of an Iditarod Musher, An Alaska Odyssey:
    • I feel my humanity returns as I escape the plastic cocoon, and feel like I've entered a different, plastic-less city altogether. 2015, Michael Pronko, Motions and Moments: More Essays on Tokyo:
  2. (not-comparable) Without (the use of) a credit card.
    • Using credit cards. Make a commitment to shop plasticless this season. Here's why: A gift bought with money you do not have is no gift at all. 2014, Cherie Lowe, Keep the Happy in Your Holidays:
    • I do not condone living completely plasticless. That is simply not realistic these days. In these high-tech times you will need your plastic tool to do things like buy airplane tickets, check into a hotel, or rent a car. 1999, Mary Hunt, Mary Hunt's Debt-proof Living, page 198: