different between trackless vs tackless

trackless

English

Etymology

track +? -less

Adjective

trackless

  1. Not having tracks or paths; untrodden.
    • 1836, Joanna Baillie, The Bride, Act 1, Dramas 3, page 296
      Solitude in trackless deserts,
      Where locusts, ants, and lizards poorly thrive,
    • 1987, Toni Morrison, Beloved
      "You got two feet, Sethe, not four," he said, and right then a forest sprang up between them; trackless and quiet.
    • 2015, Ann Leckie, Ancillary Mercy
      It had probably at one point been meant for servants to use to go unobtrusively back and forth, but hadn't been used in years; the floor was dusty and trackless.
  2. Not following a track.
    • 1838, Eliza Cook, The Waters
      What was it that I loved so well about my childhood's home? / It was the wide and wave-lashed shore, the black rocks crowned with foam! / It was the sea-gull's flapping wing, all trackless in its flight, / Its screaming note, that welcomed on the fierce and stormy night!
  3. (of a train etc.) Not running on tracks.
    trackless trolley

Derived terms

  • tracklessly
  • tracklessness

Translations

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tackless

English

Etymology

tack +? -less

Adjective

tackless (not comparable)

  1. Without tacks.
    a tackless strip for securing carpeting

Anagrams

  • slackest

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