Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Containing no sugar.
  • adjective Sweetened with a substance other than sucrose.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Free from sugar.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Without sugar; free from sugar.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Containing no refined sugar as an ingredient.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not containing sugar

Etymologies

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sugar +‎ -less

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Examples

  • The sweetener used in sugarless gums and mints can rapidly cause liver failure in dogs.

    Help your pet avoid the perils of Christmas 2008

  • If you drink any soda, pop, any of the sugar or so called sugarless product all you will get is puffy body.

    Yahoo! Answers: Latest Questions 2010

  • Have on hand items that can substitute for the cigarette you're used to having in your mouth, such as sugarless gum, hard candy, cinnamon sticks and crunchy vegetables.

    All MayoClinic.com Topics 2009

  • Alternatives: Use substitutes you can put in your mouth such as sugarless gum or hard candy, raw vegetables such as carrot sticks, or sunflower seeds.

    unknown title 2009

  • Alternatives: Use substitutes you can put in your mouth such as sugarless gum or hard candy, raw vegetables such as carrot sticks, or sunflower seeds.

    unknown title 2009

  • Alternatives: Use substitutes you can put in your mouth such as sugarless gum or hard candy, raw vegetables such as carrot sticks, or sunflower seeds.

    unknown title 2009

  • • You might want to consider an alternative to sugar-based treats, such as sugarless gum.

    The Chronicle 2008

  • "sugarless" Independence Day this year as a symbol of the bitter life they have been handed out by women who harass them and even deny them parenting rights.

    The Times of India 2010

  • And over the weekend, a German shorthair owned by F&S Shooting Editor and Gun Nut blogger, Phil Bourjaily, ate an entire pack of sugarless gum, which can have dire consequences for a dog.

    Uncategorized Blog Posts 2009

  • The fattest purses spilled over with magnificently foreign objects to Luke: cell phones, lipsticks, sugarless gum of all varieties.

    Lifting Peter Kispert 2011

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