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treadless en · ADJ

Etymology

From tread + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without treads.
    • Because his tires were small and almost treadless, he could not maintain the speed of a Volga, which passed him, its fat tires lifting packed snow onto his windshield. 2008, Michael Beres, Chernobyl Murders, page 60:
    • But no sooner had I got the hang of it than those treadless vanity boots shot out from under me. That was the last thing I remembered. 1999, Lisa Michaels, Split: A Counterculture Childhood, page 73: