Definition of Runless

1. Adjective. (context: of stockings) Not susceptible to runs. ¹

2. Adjective. (sports) Without runs (in cricket, baseball, etc.). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Runless

1. scoring no runs in baseball [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Runless

rung
rung off
runghead
rungheads
rungless
rungs
runholder
runic letter
runically
runiform
runkle
runkled
runkles
runkling
runless (current term)
runlet
runlets
runnable
runned
runnel
runnels
runner
runner's condition
runner-runner
runner-up
runner-up finish
runner-ups
runner bean
runner beans

Literary usage of Runless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"A boundless hunter and a runless gunner see aye rowth o' game.—ALLAN RAMSAY'S Scots Proverbs. Fortune, if thou wilt give me still Hale breeks, a scon, ..."

2. The Elements of the Differential Calculus: Comprehending the General Theory by John Radford Young, Michael O'Shannessy (1833)
"... and it is obvious that h will always be subject to such restrictions runless the development holds, not merely for x = a, but universally. ..."

3. Balderscourt; Or, Holiday Tales. by Henry Cadwallader Adams (1866)
"Is it not one of our strictest laws that whoever discovers any of our hiding-places shall be shot forthwith, runless he consents to join us ? ..."

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