shaftlessadj.
/ˈʃɑːftlɪs//ˈʃaftlɪs/ Without or lacking a shaft (in any sense of the noun).
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > type of, generally
steel1340
invasible1489
saultable1570
expugnatory1601
long-handled1611
shaftless1811
incendiary1871
conventional1955
targetable1972
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective]
feeblec1400
colourlessc1425
flagging1540
pithless1555
blanched1570
toothless1592
unpointed1604
unsinewed1604
jejune1615
low-pitched1622
unsinewy?1623
macilent1624
flaccid1647
insinewy1653
unsubstanceda1658
incogent1667
pointless1673
languida1677
enervatea1704
unaccentuated1716
unnervate1725
lank1729
unforcible1754
nerveless1763
weak1771
flabby1793
slip-slop1814
tinkling1822
exsanguinea1834
twittery1840
slipshod1842
under-coloured1870
shaftless1881
thin1890
unaccented1893
wimpish1925
wimp1979
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > ineffective
deadc1380
virtuelessa1393
uneffectuous1549
inefficace1570
limping1577
unprevailing1604
inficient1609
weak1609
unofficious1611
penny farthing1615
invalidable1634
invalid1635
unprevalent1640
ineffectible1650
ineffective1651
inefficacious1658
insignificant1661
uneffective1670
popgun1690
foible1715
unefficacious1744
inefficient1750
ineffectual1785
effete1790
foisonlessc1817
puttering1857
non-effective1862
non-efficient1863
shaftless1881
powder puff1911
fouled-up1942
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [adjective] > other types of window
three-light1618
casemented1759
mullioned1763
quarried1805
lanceolated1821
supermullioned1838
north-facing1846
lanceted1855
lanciform1855
leaded1855
unmullioned1857
quarrelled1868
through-archa1878
shaftless1881
lanceolate1883
vitrailed1884
double-glazed1910
wind-up1951
screenless1976
thermal pane1978
society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > vehicle pushed or pulled by person > [adjective] > without a shaft (of carts)
shaftless1895
1811 Ld. Byron Curse Minerva vii The broken lance Seem'd weak and shaftless.
1814 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II (ed. 7) ii. xc. 114 The flying Mede—his shaftless broken bow.
1881 F. T. Palgrave Visions of Eng. 116 One high gracious curve Of shaftless windows frames the limpid blue.
1881 M. Reid Free Lances I. xvii. 189 His irony was shaftless, being understood.
1895 Daily News 21 Sept. 5/5 The doctors went to look for the Lefebvre light carts but found them shaftless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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