placeless

English

Etymology

From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place +‎ -less.

Adjective

placeless (comparative more placeless, superlative most placeless)

  1. Lacking a proper place.
    a placeless person
    • 1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:
      I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
  2. Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.
    a placeless society

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