Meaning

4 senses
  1. (not comparable)Without sexual activity.

    They have a sexless marriage.

    geschlechtslos

    беспо́лыйbespólyj

    безстате́вийbezstatévyj

    having no sexual desire

  2. (not comparable)Without physical or behavioral sexual distinction.

  3. (not comparable)Provoking or showing no sexual desire.

    A small child is sexless.

  4. (not comparable)Without sex appeal.

Examples

1 sentences
  1. Theirs is a sexless marriage.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not having sexual characteristics:
Русский
By meaning 1
not having sexual characteristics:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
not having sexual characteristics:

Origin

From sex + -less. Compare sexful.

From sex + -less. Compare sexful.

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Synonyms

9 synonyms
without sexual activity since birth:virginalC2virgin
without sexual activity by choice:celibatechasteasexual
without intimacy:loveless
sex-freesexfree
Close in meaning
  • having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs:neuter

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sexless — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto