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harpoonless

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

Without a harpoon.

not-comparable

Examples

“It radiates like⟳ the shadows of steam until deep beneath the muscular tissue, a chasm, and a devastating zone of starless space, thoughtless unborn material; beneath the blubber loose and sentient on the skeletal, and even the color of color, lies a single thin silver gleaming stream, that itself, whereas not conscious, is able to guide⟳ the frozen warrior from battle to the gunless, harpoonless, stoneless shedding of his own⟳ precious, felt blood.”
“Apparently it remained a discrete, local tradition in spite of its inherent usefulness to any other lakeside people, and in spite of any evidence that those harpoonless neighbors were qualitatively less intelligent.”
“Isakson without a phone was Ahab harpoonless, David slingless, Johnny without a gun.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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