Other Word Forms
- waterlessly adverb
- waterlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of waterless
before 950; Middle English waterlees, Old English waterlēas. See water, -less
Example Sentences
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On a misty winter's day in the English midlands, engineers struggled to drag stranded narrowboats from a waterless, mud-filled canal that collapsed weeks earlier, in a delicate, multi-million-pound rescue operation.
From Barron's • Feb. 11, 2026
Since then, he’s been drywashing, a waterless process that uses air to separate heavy materials, such as gold, from the lighter dirt and sediment.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2024
Alchemie is not the only company attempting a nearly waterless dye process.
From BBC • Nov. 4, 2024
Several preliminary schemes call for filling the 20,500-square-foot basin with — no illusion — a waterless meadow.
From Seattle Times • May 4, 2023
Jess pulled out some waterless hand cleaner while her husband went to get the four of us hot dogs.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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