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Learning English Vocabulary
Suffixes: -less and -free
Oct 9, 2023
Explore the meaning and impact of suffixes -less and -free. Learn how they can be used to form nouns and adjectives. Test your knowledge with a quiz. Discover examples like jobless and car-free.
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- Adding the suffix 'less' to nouns creates adjectives indicating the absence of something.
- Adding the suffix 'free' to a noun denotes the absence or prohibition of that noun.
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The suffix 'less' means without
The podcast discusses how adding the suffix 'less' to nouns turns them into adjectives that indicate the absence of something. For example, 'smoke-less' describes cigarettes without smoke, 'harmless' means not causing harm, and 'careless' refers to someone who is not careful. By using the word 'the' with a noun and the suffix 'less', we can create group nouns like 'the jobless' and 'the homeless' to describe specific groups of people without jobs or places to live.
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