hulless
English
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editEtymology
editAdjective
edithulless (not comparable)
Usage notes
edit- US 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- ^ 6. Compounding Rules in U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual, govinfo.gov
- ^ hulless, hullless, hull-less at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
Further reading
edit- “hull-less”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “hull-less”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.