Definitions

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  • adjective Without knees.

Etymologies

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knee +‎ -less

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Examples

  • As the legs then are equal, the one at rest must bend either at the knee or, if there were any kneeless animal which walked, at some other articulation.

    On the Gait of Animals 2002

  • As the legs then are equal, the one at rest must bend either at the knee or, if there were any kneeless animal which walked, at some other articulation.

    On the Gait of Animals 2002

  • The creature it rode resembled nothing so much as a huge lizard with fat, kneeless legs and a long, fat tail.

    Owlflight Lackey, Mercedes 1997

  • Also Ugg boots, and kneeless jeans, and plaid flannel shirts.

    Futures Imperfect Willis, Connie 1994

  • Sometimes she gets a little upset when he comes home what she calls "kneeless."

    Maggie: An Intimate Portrait of a Woman in Power 1990

  • January 29, 2010 poor kneeless rainbow brite old Rainbow Brite avatar: she had no knees.

    dogpossum 2010

  • MW: Look, Mary, would you stop basking in Bonnie's praises and help that poor kneeless woman behind you get baxk to her room?

    Baltiblogs 2010

  • Ace puzzled over a pair of what appeared to be kneeless tights: "Who wants to show that part of their body?"

    NYT > Home Page By JON CARAMANICA 2010

  • Yeah that's right - I'm the bees knees - without me the bees would be kneeless - kneelessss.

    Equal and Opposite 2009

  • But this is a universe where kneeless leg-stumps might be considered someone's "best feature," so I'm not sure if the punchline here is really an insult per se.

    Blogtimore, Hon 2009

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