Meaning

1 senses
  1. (literary)That cannot be shunned; not to be avoided; inevitable, unavoidable.

Origin

From shun + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking, without’), probably popularized by the English

From shun + -less (suffix meaning ‘lacking, without’), probably popularized by the English playwright William Shakespeare (1564–1616) by its use in his play Coriolanus (c. 1608–1609): see the quotation.

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Forms

more shunless, most shunless
Comparativemore shunless Lesson
Superlativemost shunless Lesson

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Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

3 antonyms

Word family

4 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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