Wiktionary

hulless

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From hull +‎ -less.

Adjective

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hulless (not comparable)

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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

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