Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without paint.
- Incapable of being painted or represented; not to be painted or described.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not capable of being painted or described.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
paint ;unpainted , or whose paint hasworn off .
Etymologies
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Examples
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We put paintless dent repair to the test with four cars with dings, using some nationwide franchises as well as independent operations.
Deconstructing Car Dings in the Driveway Elizabeth Garone 2011
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The rest of the house is in various states of ‘unfinished’ from splintery pine floors to wallpaperless, paintless walls.
Good Housekeeping: Totally Slobtastic Slackermom Edition | Her Bad Mother 2009
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Ding, Dong: The Dent Repairman Is Here Here's how four services specializing in at-home, paintless dent repairs compare:
Deconstructing Car Dings in the Driveway Elizabeth Garone 2011
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There are a number of services that offer paintless dent repair, which involves using specialized metal rods to push out small dents from the inside.
Deconstructing Car Dings in the Driveway Elizabeth Garone 2011
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The shack stood alone, dusty windows lining its paintless exterior.
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"Pousette-Dart: Predominantly White Paintings" shows off 23 works in which the artist, usually known for his colorful palette, opted for a subtler, nearly paintless approach.
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She was still asleep when Pete entered the paintless frame house they rented, one that sat inside the blue shadow of a hill when the sun rose above the horizon as hot and sultry as a broken egg yolk, the light streaking across the barren land.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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At the rear of the house was a paintless picnic table with an umbrella set in the center of it.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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She was still asleep when Pete entered the paintless frame house they rented, one that sat inside the blue shadow of a hill when the sun rose above the horizon as hot and sultry as a broken egg yolk, the light streaking across the barren land.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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At the rear of the house was a paintless picnic table with an umbrella set in the center of it.
Rain Gods James Lee Burke 2009
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