sexless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
From sex + -less. Compare sexful.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without sexual activity.
They have a sexless marriage.
They’re sexually active and eager throughout the first nine seasons, so this isn’t like the show breathing life into a sexless sitcom couple from the 1950s.
2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club:
- (not-comparable) Without physical or behavioral sexual distinction.
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(not-comparable) Provoking or showing no sexual desire.
The more solicitous of the two was Nurse Cramer, a shapely, pretty, sexless girl with a wholesome unattractive face.
1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171:A small child is sexless.
- (not-comparable) Without sex appeal.
Deriveds
sexlessness · sexlessly · homosexless
Relateds
Synonyms
chaste (without sexual activity by choice) · sexfree · virgin (without sexual activity since birth) · virginal (without sexual activity since birth) · loveless (without intimacy) · celibate (without sexual activity by choice) · asexual (without sexual activity by choice) · sex-free
Translations (25)
de geschlechtslos (not having sexual characteristics) · ru беспо́лый (not having sexual characteristics) · uk безстате́вий (not having sexual characteristics) · fi seksitön (not having sexual relations) · bg фриги́ден (not having sexual relations) · nl geslachtloos (not having sexual characteristics) · af seksloos (not having sexual relations) · nl seksloos (not having sexual relations) · sk bez sexu (not having sexual relations) · mk бесполен (not having sexual characteristics) · pl bez seksu (not having sexual relations) · af geslagloos (not having sexual characteristics) · be бяспо́лы (not having sexual characteristics) · be бяспло́цевы (not having sexual characteristics) · sk bezpohlavný (not having sexual characteristics) · fr asexué (not having sexual characteristics) · nb kjønnsløs (not having sexual characteristics) · ja 無性の (not having sexual characteristics) · cs bezpohlavní (not having sexual characteristics) · nn kjønnslaus (not having sexual characteristics) · bg безпо́лов (not having sexual characteristics) · ko 중성의 (not having sexual characteristics) · pl bezpłciowy (not having sexual characteristics) · fi sukupuoleton (not having sexual characteristics) · cmn 無性 /无性 (not having sexual characteristics)