subjectless
Collocations
4ADJ.
loose, past-tense
VERB + SUBJECTLESS
sense
SUBJECTLESS + NOUN
king, language
ADV.
almost
Definitions
adj
Lacking a subject (citizen).
The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something.
Lacking a subject or theme.
Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form.
Lacking a grammatical subject.
“We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless, past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe.
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3The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something.
WiktionaryUsing a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and
Wiktionary“We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless, past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in
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