Used in a Sentence

shoeless

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for shoeless.

Editorial note

The future is ragged shoeless and grimy humans fighting over the last few 1990's pocket calculators.

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Parts of speech1

Quick take

Without shoes; not wearing shoes

Meaning at a glance

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

adjective

Without shoes; not wearing shoes

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for shoeless.

Example sentences

1

The future is ragged shoeless and grimy humans fighting over the last few 1990's pocket calculators.

2

Or riding the horse without a saddle because my shoeless feet hurt from walking over freshly scythed grasslands.

3

One shoe bomber and now billions of traveler-hours are wasted shoeless at the checkpoints.

4

Some of my family are Chinese and they walk around in sandals or shoeless.

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But while I know shoeless programmers I don't look up to them for their inability to cope with shoes.

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So maybe don't go straight for barefoot, but either do a few short runs on grass shoeless, and pay attention to the way you're running.

7

But no-cushion is definitely out for me, and I can’t imagine running shoeless at all.

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We’re talking about people walking around shoeless covered in dirt and open sores talking to themselves or screaming obscenities in public while walking into traffic.

9

So, the author thinks that the vast majority of the population in their area should be shoeless so that one person can keep a probably struggling business afloat?

10

If you have bad form while running with supportive shoes, I'm pretty confident you'll be able to maintain that bad form while running shoeless.

11

Being shoeless is cold, especially on wood floors.

12

After experiencing how easy it can be, traveling from the US feels like a special hell with the multi-stage papers checks and endless lines and shoeless security dances.

Quote examples

1

I find it fun, once in a while, an engineer to "not go shoeless" and get some of things I need done.

2

(Since I see that this is this quite alive: Update: real time: I have just been told in a shoestore, "No, forget about the good quality you could find years ago: it is either "meh" shoes or shoeless".

Proper noun examples

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Shoeless Joe Jackson tells the other dead baseball players to come hang out.

Frequently asked questions

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

How do you use shoeless in a sentence?

The future is ragged shoeless and grimy humans fighting over the last few 1990's pocket calculators.

What does shoeless mean?

Without shoes; not wearing shoes

What part of speech is shoeless?

shoeless is commonly used as adjective.