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  • adjective Without streets; roadless.

Etymologies

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street +‎ -less

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Examples

  • I want to confirm that Internet connection in Egypt is working so I can get off twitter and go to the streetless than a minute ago via Seesmic DesktopAmr El Beleidy beleidy

    Egypt news: protests continue for fifth day Melissa Bell 2011

  • The streetless con'tragravity city of a new planet that had never known ground traffic.

    The Fuzzy Papers Piper, H. Beam 1962

  • The streetless contragravity city of a new planet that had never known ground traffic.

    Little Fuzzy H. Beam Piper 1934

  • Then as now the houses seemed tied to the face of the hill one above another in streetless disarrangement; insomuch that the stranger viewing them from his boat below shuddered thinking of the wild play which would ensue did an earthquake shake the hill ever so lightly.

    The Prince of India — Volume 01 Lewis Wallace 1866

  • And he understood the importance of restoring the street grid to the area and eliminating the 35-foot-tall streetless superblock that had plagued the original World Trade Center.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • She finally takes up sanitary provision in the streetless shantytowns.

    American Scientist Online 2009

  • She finally takes up sanitary provision in the streetless shantytowns.

    American Scientist Online 2009

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