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rapidless en · ADJ

Etymology

From rapid + -less.

Meanings

1. (of a river or a stream) Without rapids.
   • "The river itself is flat and picks up quite a bit of current in highest flows, but otherwise it is a straightforward, rapidless section of beginner water." 2009, Dunbar Hardy, Paddling Colorado: A Guide to the State's Best Paddling Routes:
2. (of an area or terrain) having no fast rivers or streams
   • The Zambezi contains at least 14 species that were not found in the Kwando River; ten of these species are strongly rheophilic, explaining their absence in the rapidless and rockless Kwando-Linyanti. 1986, {unattributed}, Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts, Volume 16

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