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From sex +‎ -less. Compare sexful.

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sexless (not comparable)

  1. Without sexual activity.
    They have a sexless marriage.
    • 2016 January 24, Les Chappell, “TV: Review: The Simpsons (Classic), “Natural Born Kissers” (season nine, episode 25, originally aired 05/17/1998)”, in The Onion AV Club[1]:
      They’re sexually active and eager throughout the first nine seasons, so this isn’t like the show breathing life into a sexless sitcom couple from the 1950s.
  2. Without physical or behavioral sexual distinction.
  3. Provoking or showing no sexual desire.
    A small child is sexless.
  4. Without sex appeal. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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