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English
Etymology
From war + -less.
Adjective
warless (not comparable)
- Without war, devoid of war.
1914, Samuel F. B. Morse, Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals:Alas! in this he did not prove himself a true prophet, although it must be conceded that many wars have been averted or shortened by means of the telegraph, and there are some who hope that a warless age is even now being conceived in the womb of time.
1916, H. G. Wells, What is Coming?:It is really quite idle to dream of a warless world in which States are still absolutely free to annoy one another with tariffs, with the blocking and squeezing of trade routes, with the ill-treatment of immigrants and travelling strangers, and between which there is no means of settling boundary disputes.
1921, Kenneth Morris, The Crest-Wave of Evolution:Well; for nine and twenty years he held that vast empire warless; even though it included within its boundaries many restless and savage tribes.
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