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runless in British English (ˈrʌnlɪs) adjective baseball, cricket having no runs runless in American English (ˈrʌnlɪs) adjectiveBaseball without having scored a run; without runs a runless inning Word origin [1920–25; run + -less]This word is first recorded in the period 1920–25. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: audio, follow-up, self-service, superpower, zipper-less an adjective suffix meaning “without” (childless; peerless), and in adjectives derived from verbs, indicating failure or inability to performor be performed (resistless; tireless) |