{"id":648,"date":"2022-04-21T12:40:38","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T12:40:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/?page_id=648"},"modified":"2025-07-19T11:03:27","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T11:03:27","slug":"e-o-9-words-with-less","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-o-9-words-with-less\/","title":{"rendered":"E- O.9 Words with -less"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-text-color\" style=\"color:#040251;text-transform:uppercase\"><strong>Words with -less<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/P.7-Words-with-less.mp4\"><\/video><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-9ec1584a0d7f1e672aa0456374c55011\" style=\"color:#000060\"><strong>Key notes:-<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Meaning<\/strong>: Discuss the meaning of &#8220;-less&#8221; as a suffix that means &#8220;without&#8221; or &#8220;lacking.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Examples<\/strong>: Provide examples of common words with &#8220;-less,&#8221; such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-large-font-size\">\n<li>Careless<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Endless<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fearless<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hopeless<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peerless<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Word Formation<\/strong>: Explain how adding &#8220;-less&#8221; changes the meaning of the base word, often by indicating the absence of the quality or state described by the base word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Usage<\/strong>: Explore how these words are used in different contexts, such as in literature, everyday conversation, or academic writing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size\"><strong>Derivatives<\/strong>: Encourage students to find other words that can be formed by adding &#8220;-less&#8221; to different root words, expanding their vocabulary and understanding of word formation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button has-custom-font-size has-large-font-size\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/index.php\/e-o-9-words-with-less\/2\/\"><strong>List of <\/strong>&#8220;<strong>Words with -less<\/strong>&#8220;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-large-font-size\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/92646\/233\/137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20.png 500w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/75768\/595\/137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30.png 500w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--nextpage-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-355f7ce10d2ad75c248ed07a4edc4c14\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>List of practice Words with -less<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th><strong>Word<\/strong><\/th><th><strong>Meaning<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td>Aimless<\/td><td>Without direction or purpose<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hopeless<\/td><td>Without hope<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fearless<\/td><td>Without fear<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Helpless<\/td><td>Unable to help oneself; powerless<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Speechless<\/td><td>Without speech; too shocked or surprised to speak<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Careless<\/td><td>Not careful; negligent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Endless<\/td><td>Without end; infinite<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Homeless<\/td><td>Without a home<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Useless<\/td><td>Not useful; having no utility<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Powerless<\/td><td>Lacking power or strength<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Jobless<\/td><td>Without a job<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Friendless<\/td><td>Without friends<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tireless<\/td><td>Never tiring; persistent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Loveless<\/td><td>Without love<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Worthless<\/td><td>Without value<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Restless<\/td><td>Unable to rest or relax<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Breathless<\/td><td>Without breath or difficulty breathing<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Childless<\/td><td>Without children<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Guiltless<\/td><td>Without guilt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Faithless<\/td><td>Disloyal or unfaithful<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thoughtless<\/td><td>Not considering others; insensitive<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nameless<\/td><td>Without a name<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Motionless<\/td><td>Without movement<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Heartless<\/td><td>Cruel; without compassion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Limitless<\/td><td>Without limits<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Harmless<\/td><td>Not causing harm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priceless<\/td><td>So valuable that its price cannot be determined<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spotless<\/td><td>Very clean; without spots<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Painless<\/td><td>Without pain<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tasteless<\/td><td>Lacking flavor or taste<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sleepless<\/td><td>Without sleep<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Reckless<\/td><td>Without thinking or caring about consequences<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Listless<\/td><td>Lacking energy or enthusiasm<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lawless<\/td><td>Without law; anarchic<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tireless<\/td><td>Full of energy; never seeming to tire<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fearless<\/td><td>Brave; not afraid<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Clueless<\/td><td>Without knowledge or understanding<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Colorless<\/td><td>Without color; dull<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Flavorless<\/td><td>Lacking flavor<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Dreamless<\/td><td>Without dreams<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doubtless<\/td><td>Without doubt; certain<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Seamless<\/td><td>Smooth; without breaks or interruptions<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Faultless<\/td><td>Without fault; perfect<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boundless<\/td><td>Without limits; vast<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Expressionless<\/td><td>Without expression<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Formless<\/td><td>Without a definite shape or structure<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stainless<\/td><td>Resistant to stains or rust<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Meaningless<\/td><td>Without meaning<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Soundless<\/td><td>Silent; without sound<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cloudless<\/td><td>Without clouds<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Graceless<\/td><td>Lacking grace or elegance<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Endless<\/td><td>Never ending; continual<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Mindless<\/td><td>Showing no thought or intelligence<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Motionless<\/td><td>Not moving<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Penniless<\/td><td>Without money<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sightless<\/td><td>Blind; without sight<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spineless<\/td><td>Lacking courage or determination<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tasteless<\/td><td>Lacking taste or offensive taste<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Toothless<\/td><td>Without teeth<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Joyless<\/td><td>Without joy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Merciless<\/td><td>Showing no mercy<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Skinless<\/td><td>Without skin<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trackless<\/td><td>Without a track or trail<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Leafless<\/td><td>Without leaves<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Bloodless<\/td><td>Without blood; lacking in violence<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Nameless<\/td><td>Unnamed; anonymous<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Ageless<\/td><td>Never appearing to grow old<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Baseless<\/td><td>Without foundation or support<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Relentless<\/td><td>Never giving up; persistent<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Soulless<\/td><td>Without soul or feeling<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thoughtless<\/td><td>Inconsiderate; without thinking<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Artless<\/td><td>Without art or deception; natural<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shirtless<\/td><td>Not wearing a shirt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Hairless<\/td><td>Without hair<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tactless<\/td><td>Lacking sensitivity in dealing with others<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Boneless<\/td><td>Without bones<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Doubtless<\/td><td>Certainly; without doubt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fearless<\/td><td>Without fear<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Friendless<\/td><td>Without friends<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lifeless<\/td><td>Without life<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Limitless<\/td><td>Infinite; without boundaries<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Loveless<\/td><td>Lacking love<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Matchless<\/td><td>Without equal<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Motionless<\/td><td>Still; not moving<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Neatless<\/td><td>Not neat or tidy (rare usage)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Painless<\/td><td>Without pain<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Pitiless<\/td><td>Without pity<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Powerless<\/td><td>Unable to act or influence<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Priceless<\/td><td>Extremely valuable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Rootless<\/td><td>Without roots; unsettled<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Senseless<\/td><td>Without sense; unreasonable<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Shirtless<\/td><td>Wearing no shirt<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Skilless<\/td><td>Lacking skill (nonstandard usage)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Speechless<\/td><td>Unable to speak due to shock or emotion<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Spineless<\/td><td>Weak; lacking courage<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stainless<\/td><td>Resistant to stains<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stringless<\/td><td>Without strings<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tearless<\/td><td>Without tears<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Thankless<\/td><td>Not appreciated<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Timeless<\/td><td>Not affected by time<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Tireless<\/td><td>Full of energy; not tiring<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Trackless<\/td><td>Not leaving a trail<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Weightless<\/td><td>Without weight<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-393a4b8abea486ac52ee307675e66f42\" style=\"color:#d90000\"><strong>Let&#8217;s practice!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/92646\/233\/137\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6618\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20.png 500w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-2-20-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wordwall.net\/play\/75768\/595\/618\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30.png 500w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/10thclass.deltapublications.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Worksheet-1-1-1-30-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Words with -less Key notes:- Meaning: Discuss the meaning of &#8220;-less&#8221; 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