treadless

English

Etymology

tread +‎ -less

Adjective

treadless (not comparable)

1. Without treads.
   • 1999, Lisa Michaels, Split: A Counterculture Childhood, page 73:

     But no sooner had I got the hang of it than those treadless vanity boots shot out from under me. That was the last thing I remembered.

   • 2008, Michael Beres, Chernobyl Murders, page 60:

     Because his tires were small and almost treadless, he could not maintain the speed of a Volga, which passed him, its fat tires lifting packed snow onto his windshield.

Anagrams

• desalters, tradeless