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trouble-free en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English trouble Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English -fre English -free English trouble-free From trouble + -free.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Without trouble.
    • Since then we have had the unfortunate failure of a lubricating oil-pump on the diesel hauling the down "Fenman" on the Great Eastern Line, the subject of vast newspaper publicity because the Queen, who was on the train, was delayed an hour on her journey - and this, ironically, with a diesel of a type which has been as trouble-free as any other in the country. 1961 March, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 153–154:
    • The construction of the bridge was trouble-free.

Translations (10)

af probleemvry (without trouble) · ru безотка́зный (without trouble) · es sin problemas (without trouble) · de problemlos (without trouble) · es libre de problemas (without trouble) · hi निर्विघ्न (without trouble) · ru надёжный (without trouble) · fi ongelmaton (without trouble) · pl bezproblemowy (without trouble) · ru бесперебо́йный (without trouble)