backless

adj — 2 senses

backless

adj

US /ˈbækləs/

Etymology From back + -less.

1

Having no back, especially where one would be expected, as with a chair or a dress.

  • a backless surgical gown
  • The apartment was almost dismantled; chairs lay backless about the floor amid china shepherdesses and toreadors; pictures were thrown over the sofa, […]1885, George Moore, A Mummer's Wife:
2

Of a person Having the back uncovered, showing the skin.

Derived terms
backlessness

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