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  • adjective Not having or requiring tools.

Etymologies

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tool +‎ -less

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Examples

  • So, when I was in Fry's and saw CAT-66 "toolless" keystone jacks made by

    Latest from Computerworld Mark Gibbs 2010

  • For as long as we expand to other stars, we're going to meet more and more handless, toolless, helpless civilizations.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1969

  • For as long as we expand to other stars, we're going to meet more and more handless, toolless, helpless ` civilizations.

    Neutron Star Niven, Larry 1968

  • It is now generally conceded by all who have studied the varied evidence and have freed themselves from ancient prejudice that, if we traced back our human lineage far enough we should come to a point where our human ancestors had no civilization and lived a speechless, naked, houseless, fireless, and toolless life, similar to that of the existing primates with which we are zoologically closely connected.

    The Mind in the Making The Relation of Intelligence to Social Reform James Harvey Robinson 1899

  • I have yet to have a toolless/screwless expansion card bracket that held the cards in securely, especially the larger Video card like the nVidia GTX

    Newegg.com RSS Feed - Daily Deals 2010

  • Levi's Jeans and, bicycle manufacturers, computer configurations, etc. Manufacturers will utilize new 4-d computer numeric machinery, toolless production, and other sophisticated production methods to product in mass production cycles, one-off individually specified products.

    information aesthetics 2010

  • Enclosure builds off the foundation of the best-selling IT-based NetShelterSX Enclosure by offering many of the same standard features and toolless mounting accessories.

    ThomasNet News - Today's New Product News 2010

  • Thankfully, four of the optical-drive slots use Silverstone's familiar toolless retention mechanism.

    Maximum PC all RSS Feed Nathan Edwards 2010

  • Cases gain points for build quality, ease of installation, toolless mounting-but only if it's sturdy!

    Maximum PC all RSS Feed Nathan Edwards 2010

  • What's more, features that were once exclusive to full-tower cases, like dust filters, toolless construction, and CPU cutouts, are now finding their way into mid-size chassis-and not always accompanied by price increases.

    Maximum PC all RSS Feed Nathan Edwards 2010

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