pledgelessadj.
/ˈplɛdʒləs/, U.S. /ˈplɛdʒləs/ Without a pledge or pledges.
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1827 Q. Rev. Jan. 228 The youths were sent back disconsolate to their parental committee, godless and pledgeless.
1889 Harper's Mag. Jan. 174/2 You gave us trust but now in pledgeless sort, and that we will amend.
1986 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 1 Aug. 5 Stations in San Francisco and Boston have experimented with pledgeless fund-raising techniques.
2001 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 29 Jan. 2B Minneapolis schools have no policy regarding the pledge. Individual teachers may choose to have it recited in their classrooms, although most are believed to go pledgeless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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