substitutelessadj.
/ˈsʌbstᵻtjuːtləs/, /ˈsʌbstᵻtʃuːtləs/, U.S. /ˈsəbstəˌt(j)utləs/ Somewhat rare.
Without a substitute; having no substitute or substitutes; (in quot. 1870) spec. that does not permit the use of substitutes.
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1870 Daily News 6 Oct. 2/2 Sufficient has..been said to show how satisfactory..as regards our Reserve Forces, would be the operation of a substituteless ballot.
1948 W. Faulkner Intruder in Dust ii. 42 Two years ago his uncle had told him that there was nothing wrong with cursing; on the contrary it was not only useful but substituteless.
1994 S. Sarkar Green-alternative Politics II. vii. 189 Just before the state parliament election..the Greens gave up the demand for substituteless repealing of the paragraph 218.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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