Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without men or people; uninhabited.
- Unmanly; base; cowardly; dastardly; unbecoming a man.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of men.
- adjective obsolete Unmanly; inhuman.
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- adjective Without a
man or men.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The whole "me and my girl friends are going to see Sex and the City" thing was really big ... it harkens back to a day when women were comfortable out with each other, "manless" if you will.
Melissa Silverstein: Final Thoughts on Sex and the City 2008
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The whole "me and my girl friends are going to see Sex and the City" thing was really big... it harkens back to a day when women were comfortable out with each other, "manless" if you will.
Final Thoughts on Sex and the City Melissa Silverstein 2008
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Blake, on the other hand, is wearing loose manless jeans, a crisp blue shirt, a tie AND a waistcoat.
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TV Guide Magazine: So she'll remain boozy and manless?
Y&R's Melody Thomas Scott Talks Nikki's New Low and Another Emmy Snub 2011
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But these women understand that aging happily does not revolve around attaining a state of ageless perfection in gravity-defying leaps of cosmetic or personal reinvention; nor is it about withdrawing to a manless tundra where desire -- even the pain of its diminished signal bleeping out in the dark of night -- is denied.
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WAGs, meanwhile, are celebrated as much as manless Anistons are pitied.
Another Year, same old witch-hunt David Cox 2010
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But these women understand that aging happily does not revolve around attaining a state of ageless perfection in gravity-defying leaps of cosmetic or personal reinvention; nor is it about withdrawing to a manless tundra where desire -- even the pain of its diminished signal bleeping out in the dark of night -- is denied.
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The ones who want kids can have them on their own (and pick whichever gender they want) or even pair up with a friend to raise kids together, manless.
Two Links to Posts on Gender julieandrews 2008
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The company is also studying how to safely use a manless train, such as those used to carry passengers at some airports, over its 700 miles of private tracks.
Miner Digs for Ore in the Outback With Remote-Controlled Robots Robert Guy Matthews 2010
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The company is also studying how to safely use a manless train, such as those used to carry passengers at some airports, over its 700 miles of private tracks.
Miner Digs for Ore in the Outback With Remote-Controlled Robots Robert Guy Matthews 2010
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