Definitions

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  • adjective Without employees; unstaffed.
  • adjective music Without the use of staves in its notation.

Etymologies

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staff +‎ -less

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Examples

  • If both campaigns only had people who had no skeletons, they would be staffless.

    Obama's Veep-Vetter Steps Down 2009

  • This would leave the Sharpton campaign moneyless, virtually staffless, organizationless, and — as the primaries would show — supportless.

    Pompadour With a Monkey Wrench 2004

  • This would leave the Sharpton campaign moneyless, virtually staffless, organizationless, and — as the primaries would show — supportless.

    Pompadour With a Monkey Wrench 2004

  • Indeed, the staffless man, seemed to be but little less overcome than the prisoner.

    Rattlin the Reefer Edward Howard 1820

  • It was one campaign promise our premier delivered on from the last election; and I noticed its effects as "staffless Monday" in a nursing home I visit regularly.

    PTBC J-Log ProudToBeCanadian.ca 2010

  • · Crash when creating an empty (staffless) document, then adding a staff and clicking OK immediately ....

    Softpedia - Windows - All 2009

  • However, the staff (Like, what kind of mansion is staffless, right?) shall remain.

    Latest Articles http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cindy_adams/hill_a 2009

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