keyless

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English

Etymology

From key +‎ -less.

Adjective

keyless (not comparable)

  1. Lacking or not requiring a key.
    • 2007 April 14, Micheline Maynard, “Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins”, in New York Times:
      Today’s keyless models use a fob — the small remote control device that most modern cars use to lock and unlock doors — but it performs the additional duty of sending a signal to the ignition.

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