dustlessadj.
/ˈdʌstlɪs/ Free from dust.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > [adjective] > free from specific kinds of dirt
unbepissedc1540
unbloody1594
ungored1606
motherless1607
unbloodieda1616
dustlessa1618
unpuddleda1618
unlimed1621
unmudded1625
smokeless1631
unpitched1634
undusted1648
cobweblessa1661
slimeless1672
unsmokified1693
unmiry1716
unmildewed1775
unblooded1785
unstercorated1821
moteless1869
scumless1881
smearless1885
sootless1890
unsmoked1890
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. C The Wayes so dust-lesse, and so dirtlesse faire.
1861 W. F. Collier Hist. Eng. Lit. 405 Blue morocco books in dustless regularity.
1904 Westm. Gaz. 9 Aug. 1/3 An August morning that..is sunnily cool, and breezily fresh and deliciously dustless.
1970 Sunday Tel. 11 Oct. 21/2 The council's automatic dustless loading bins have made the dustmen's lot a happier one.
1970 Interior Design Dec. 767/4 Little progress seems to have been made in finding a dry writing/erasing system, acceptable to lecturers, which is dustless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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