creditlessadj.

1592 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1846) 3rd Ser. IV. 109 I am monieles and creditles to provide me better.

1645 Disc. Myst. New State 26 To borrow Monie and Plate upon the Publique Faith, which is soon as Creditlesse, as a Poles-Chremer, or a Scots-Merchant.

1770 Audi Alteram Partem 14 From the station of an undone and creditless shopkeeper, to the offices of Member of the Assembly.

1876 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. (rev. ed.) VI. Index 492/1 Every department..moneyless and creditless.

1909 F. P. Lake Uncle Sim xiv. 135 City life, where it takes money to procure anything and everything, and where a moneyless and creditless person is indeed in a pitiable condition.

1954 William & Mary Q. 11 183 It..seems unlikely that the idyllic, creditless, barter-and-home-again commerce described by Gibson lasted as late as he would have it.

2010 Sunday Times (Nexis) 25 July (Business) 4 Strong growth alongside very weak lending adds up to a creditless recovery. The question is how long this creditless growth can continue.

1660 H. Peters Case Impartially Communicated 7 I am a Gentleman by birth, and from that extract do scorn to engage in the vile things suggested, and that by one creditless witness, that only supposeth, but asserts nothing.

1713 G. Burghope Art Self-governm. (ed. 2) iii. 104 Sensuality makes Men Prodigal, Debauch'd, Spendthrifts, Unjust, Fraudulent, Creditless, Unmerciful and Cruel.

1796 Female Gamester I. 52 Creditless as it may appear, Henrietta, I arose from the table unpossessed of a single guinea.

1819 M. H. Nangle Expos. Circumstances Managem. St Patrick's Schools 5 A body of rich and powerful men,..assuming functions which no part of the Catholic public ever have admitted, and seeking diligently for the increase of their creditless consequence, are not likely to be very backward in resenting an offence against their self-created mightiness.

1853 W. Mure Crit. Hist. Lang. & Lit. Antient Greece IV. 531 We shall not attempt to combat in detail hypotheses so arbitrary, and resorted to in support of an equally arbitrary theory of so creditless an author as this Artemon.

1914 H. Holt On Cosmic Relations I. i. i. 1 There is something more than resemblances of words to make this age of wireless telegraphs, horseless carriages, and tuneless music, an age of lawless laws and creditless creeds.

1975 Jrnl. Lat. Amer. Stud. 7 224 As they neared Lima they began to attract the support of a wave of creditless petty lawyers.