suckless

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English

Etymology

suck +‎ -less

Adjective

suckless (not comparable)

  1. That does not suck or suckle.
    • 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXII, in Wuthering Heights:
      ‘No, I’ll not touch it: but it looks melancholy, does it not, Ellen?’ ‘Yes,’ I observed, ‘about as starved and suckless as you: your cheeks are bloodless []
    • 1967, Shepherd, volume 12, page 22:
      Tube feeding is not as quick an emergency measure as the dextrose injection nor as long lasting in its energy boost, but is most useful for getting milk into the stomach of a suckless lamb.