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winless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English win 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 winless From win + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having never won; without a win; unsuccessful.
    • Rovers arrived in the Black Country in a certain amount of turmoil with Kean winless in his first two matches, including a home defeat to Stoke on Boxing Day, 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC:

Antonyms

undefeated

Deriveds

winlessness