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- adjective Not wearing a
tie (neckwear).
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Examples
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The one forum where no man ventures tieless is the presidential debate.
Candidates Figure What Voters Need From Them Is a Good Dressing Down Elizabeth Williamson 2011
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Indeed, Mr. Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, went tieless when kicking off his candidacy.
Candidates Figure What Voters Need From Them Is a Good Dressing Down Elizabeth Williamson 2011
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A small and tidy man, aged 64, he would appear – usually tieless in his pale grey suit – and read haltingly from a scripted statement.
Libya conflict: Gaddafi's close ally Mousa Kousa defects 2011
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Jim Cole/Associated Press Former Massachusetts governor and Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney went tieless when kicking off his candidacy on June 2 in Stratham, N.H. Giving an informal air to the formal announcement, he wore a roomy shirt in a tattersall pattern—a plaid first used in 18th-century British horse blankets.
Campaign Casual 2011
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Or, as the peer described them: "David Cameron and the bloody tieless and gormless lot."
I admire Nick Clegg more than David Cameron, says Norman Tebbit 2011
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Through the open window, she saw Anil on the couch, shirtless and tieless, bending over something.
For the Sake of the Boy Ramola D 2011
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He went tieless, unlike the great majority of men in the ballroom, in his effort to exchange his corporate image for that of a weekend suburban dad.
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By the time it's my turn to step into the plane's conference room, Mr. Gates, tieless and in blue jeans, looks bushed.
Libya Isn't 'About Regime Change' Bret Stephens 2011
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He went tieless, unlike the great majority of men in the ballroom, in his effort to exchange his corporate image for that of a weekend suburban dad.
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Mario Anzuoni/Reuters The one forum where no man ventures tieless is the presidential debate.
Campaign Casual 2011
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