English

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Etymology

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From hero +‎ -less.

Adjective

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heroless (not comparable)

  1. Without a hero.
    • 1982, Rocky Sickmann, Erin Leslie Antrim, Iranian Hostage: A Personal Diary of 444 Days in Captivity:
      In this heroless age, I knew that young adults need to hear what Rocky had to say. I knew that a person with his kind of charisma could get through with a message of the survival of that spirit.