-less
without, lacking
Old English · -lēas
Added to nouns to make adjectives meaning without: care + less = careless, home + less = homeless. It is the opposite of -ful, as in hopeful and hopeless.
Memory trick
-less is an empty glass: whatever the word names has run out.
Words from this root
- careless (care + less) — not taking careलापरवाह
- helpless (help + less) — unable to help oneselfबेबस
- homeless (home + less) — having no homeबेघर
- hopeless (hope + less) — without hopeनिराश, उम्मीद रहित
- fearless (fear + less) — without fearनिडर
- endless (end + less) — having no endअनंत
- useless (use + less) — of no useबेकार
- painless (pain + less) — without painदर्द रहित
- harmless (harm + less) — not able to hurtहानिरहित
- priceless (price + less) — too valuable to measureअनमोल
- sleepless (sleep + less) — unable to sleepबिना नींद का
- speechless (speech + less) — too surprised to speakनिःशब्द