Dictionary

stateless en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Indo-European *stéh₂-tu-s ~ *sth₂-téw-s Proto-Italic *status Latin statuslbor. Old French estatbor. Middle English stat English state 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 stateless From state + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Of a system or protocol, such that it does not keep a persistent state between transactions.
   • A stateless server treats each request independently.
2. (dated, not-comparable) Without state or pomp.
3. (not-comparable) Without a state or nationality; not subject to any state.
   • UN Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons
   • The department believes making changes will help stateless people get better access to legal immigration status and benefits. Typically, people around the world who are stateless have challenges including an inability to get jobs or government services and difficulty getting travel documents, a DHS official told CNN. 2021 December 15, Geneva Sands, “US promises to define ‘statelessness,’ a first for the federal government”, in CNN, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2022:
   • The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate the income nor where the parent firm is domiciled. 2013 June 22, “T time”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, archived from the original on 11 Mar 2023, page 68:
4. (not-comparable) Neither believing in nor supporting the idea of nations.

Antonyms

stateful

Deriveds

statelessly · stateless person · stateless capitalism · statelessness

Synonyms

citizenshipless · countryless · nationless

Translations (60)

fi kansalaisuudeton ((law) without a state or nationality) · io apatrido ((law) without a state or nationality) · ga gan stát ((law) without a state or nationality) · cmn 無國籍 /无国籍 ((law) without a state or nationality) · ca apàtrida ((law) without a state or nationality) · hu hontalan ((law) without a state or nationality) · ka მოქალაქეობის არმქონე ((law) without a state or nationality) · id tak bernegara ((law) without a state or nationality) · tr durumsuz ((computer science) without remembering state) · el ακαταστασικός ((computer science) without remembering state) · eu herrigabe ((law) without a state or nationality) · nb statsløs ((law) without a state or nationality) · uk без громадя́нства ((law) without a state or nationality) · es apátrida ((law) without a state or nationality) · ca apàtrida ((computer science) without remembering state) · be апатры́д ((law) without a state or nationality) · fi tilaton ((computer science) without remembering state) · nn statslaus ((law) without a state or nationality) · pl apatryda ((law) without a state or nationality) · io sennacionano ((law) without a state or nationality) · bg апатри́д ((law) without a state or nationality) · ru апатри́д ((law) without a state or nationality) · da statsløs ((law) without a state or nationality) · el ακρατικός ((law) without a state or nationality) · nl staatloos ((law) without a state or nationality) · ru не име́ющий гражда́нства ((law) without a state or nationality) · tr tabiyetsiz ((law) without a state or nationality) · it apolide ((law) without a state or nationality) · tr haymatlos ((law) without a state or nationality) · fr apatride ((law) without a state or nationality) · tg бешаҳрвандӣ ((law) without a state or nationality) · pl bezpaństwowiec ((law) without a state or nationality) · uk апатри́д ((law) without a state or nationality) · de heimatlos ((law) without a state or nationality) · fi valtioton ((law) without a state or nationality) · de staatenlos ((law) without a state or nationality) · eu aberrigabe ((law) without a state or nationality) · cs bezstavový ((computer science) without remembering state) · bn রাষ্ট্রহীনতা ((law) without a state or nationality) · nl stateloos ((law) without a state or nationality) · ka მოქალაქეობის არმქონე პირი ((law) without a state or nationality) · tr uyruksuz ((law) without a state or nationality) · el άπατρις ((law) without a state or nationality) · bg без гражданство ((law) without a state or nationality) · ka აპატრიდი ((law) without a state or nationality) · eo senŝtateco ((law) without a state or nationality) · sv statslös ((law) without a state or nationality) · cs apatrida ((law) without a state or nationality) · hi नागरिकताहीन ((law) without a state or nationality) · az vətəndaşlığı olmayan ((law) without a state or nationality) · pl bezpaństwowy ((law) without a state or nationality) · tr yurtsuz ((law) without a state or nationality) · be без грамадзянства ((law) without a state or nationality) · de zustandlos ((computer science) without remembering state) · tr vatansız ((law) without a state or nationality) · pt apátrida ((law) without a state or nationality) · ro apatrid ((law) without a state or nationality) · cmn 無狀態 /无状态 ((computer science) without remembering state) · ru без гражда́нства ((law) without a state or nationality) · rue апатри́д ((law) without a state or nationality)