Used in a Sentence

hairless

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for hairless.

Editorial note

Is there some evidence that the hairless trait was the result of human selection and no hairless varieties existed before human selection?

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Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

An animal of a hairless breed.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of hairless gathered in one view.

noun

An animal of a hairless breed.

adjective

Destitute of hair.

adjective

Bald.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for hairless.

Example sentences

1

Is there some evidence that the hairless trait was the result of human selection and no hairless varieties existed before human selection?

2

This is an inevitable consequence of the fact that science depends on a bunch of hairless bipedal monkeys for its existence.

3

I can imagine setting up a program to breed other hairless apes and ruthlessly select for intelligence.

4

Except the part where KittenDelivery tweeted some hairless kittens -- those are creepy.

5

If hairless monkeys can evolve to do this, why not dung beetles?

6

Then, he claims we don't know where the domestic pig came from, and that a common ancestor could be hairless.

7

I'm a not-terribly-bright mostly-hairless ape, but I can understand the basics of natural selection.

8

Well, the hairless monkeys running around right now don't seem to be doing a good job of things, maybe it is time to try something new.

9

Pr0n images have to be hairless otherwise guys are staring at a wool rug or whatever, and now women in general want to try to match that.

10

The tribe of intelligent, hairless, miniature purple cats that you will come to associate closely with after several weeks with minimal sleep will help you get by.

11

It's the human-selected, domestic pig that is hairless.

12

OSX 10.6: Hairless Hypoallergenic Domestic House Cat.

Quote examples

1

"...or the actual flesh-and-blood hairless apes who are dozing off in the seminar room while you speak." Wow.

2

It isn't a big leap to imagine a debate between aliens about whether the hairless apes on the third rock from Sol should be considered "sentient", or merely clever animals.

3

Honey Badgers are great, such vicious fighters that lions basically think "I'll leave that for another day" - the animal kingdom's equivalent of short hairless Glaswegian pub landlords.

4

First of all, we are not "hairless monkeys".

Proper noun examples

1

Hairless skin on the hands and face has blood vessels close to the surface, and cooling those parts is proposed to quickly cool your blood and core temperature.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use hairless in a sentence?

Is there some evidence that the hairless trait was the result of human selection and no hairless varieties existed before human selection?

What does hairless mean?

An animal of a hairless breed.

What part of speech is hairless?

hairless is commonly used as noun, adjective.