Subjectless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Subjectless is an adjective meaning Lacking a subject (citizen).
Meaning
Lacking a subject (citizen).
More Meanings
- Lacking a subject or theme.
- (grammar) Lacking a grammatical subject.
Example Sentences
The subjects without King can do nothing; the subjectless King can do something.
Using a painstaking technique favored by 15th-century Italians for their most sacred images, Young makes disarmingly beautiful pictures in a loose, almost subjectless language of color and texture and form.
“We’re here to help you” versus “Were here to help you” makes no sense; a subjectless, past-tense message — as in, “The doctors were here to help you, but now they’re gone” — has scarcely appeared in the history of the universe.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include infinitives, personless, citizenshipless, objectless, stateless, surnameless.
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