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WEIGHTLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does weightless mean?
• WEIGHTLESS (adjective)
The adjective WEIGHTLESS has 1 sense:
1. having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
Familiarity information: WEIGHTLESS used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having little or no weight or apparent gravitational pull; light
Context example:
jackets made of a weightless polyester fabric
Antonym:
weighty (having relatively great weight; heavy)
Derivation:
weightlessness (the property of being comparatively small in weight)
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