English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

hull +‎ -less

Adjective edit

hulless (not comparable)

  1. (botany, of a cereal) Lacking a hull
    hulless oats
    hulless barley

Usage notes edit

  • GPO manual recommends using a hyphen to avoid a triple consonant.[1] However, the double-el hulless is approximately as common as hull-less.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
  2. ^ hulless, hullless, hull-less at Google Ngram Viewer

Further reading edit