contentless

adj — 2 senses

contentless

adj

UK /ˈkɒn.tɛnt.lɪs/ · US /ˈkɑn.tɛnt.lɪs/

Etymology From content (“subject matter”) + -less.

1

Lacking content.

  • a beautiful but essentially contentless book
Antonyms
contentful
Derived terms
contentlessness

contentless

adj

/kənˈtɛnt.lɪs/

Etymology From content (“contentment, satisfaction”) + -less.

1

Discontented; dissatisfied.

  • Best state, contentless, / Hath a distracted and most wretched being, / Worse than the worst, content.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], line 246:
Antonyms
contentful

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