Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of branches or shoots; barren; bare; naked.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Without
branches , continuing in asingle path or piece. Withoutdivergence .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having no branches
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Examples
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ING Direct was one of the first banks to popularize the idea of branchless banking, and they have historically offered great interest rates.
Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog Since 2003 2008
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Now, the idea of living in a tree has a certain appeal but "branchless"?
12/17/2006 - 12/24/2006 Miss Snark 2006
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Now, the idea of living in a tree has a certain appeal but "branchless"?
Archive 2006-12-17 Miss Snark 2006
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Now, the idea of living in a tree has a certain appeal but "branchless"?
HH Com 270 (267) Miss Snark 2006
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Fundamo has a platform that enables the delivery of mobile financial services to unbanked and under-banked customers around the world, including person-to-person payments, airtime top-up, bill payment and branchless banking services.
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On occasion they face peril, if not great inconvenience: wind spouts, branchless trees, and imprisonment in geometrically structured environments that resemble Versailles tended to by Le Corbusier and the Marquis de Sade.
James Scarborough: Lisa Adams and the Spirituality of Imperfection James Scarborough 2011
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On occasion they face peril, if not great inconvenience: wind spouts, branchless trees, and imprisonment in geometrically structured environments that resemble Versailles tended to by Le Corbusier and the Marquis de Sade.
James Scarborough: Lisa Adams and the Spirituality of Imperfection James Scarborough 2011
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Fundamo has a platform that enables the delivery of mobile financial services to unbanked and under-banked customers around the world, including person-to-person payments, airtime top-up, bill payment and branchless banking services.
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Still remaining are the constant reminders of the devastation left behind; trees left in branchless tangles, roofless shambles of hand-laid stone foundations of once century-old structures, empty weed-filled lots, the constant traffic and beeping of backhoes, and the bare slab foundations of what were once homes but now have only haunting stairways leading down to what were once basements that, luckily, saved the lives of many local residents.
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The night was damp and thick; transformers crackled on top of their branchless perches.
Caprice Classic Matt DeVirgiliis 2010
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