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And the continent of Africa has made so little headway in vaccinations -less than 2% of adults have had any vaccine at all - making it a prime candidate for a devastating outbreak.

From Washington Times • Apr. 28, 2021

Haley Barbour ordered a group of television photographers standing along an -less stretch of sand Monday.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2010

Women will wear shorter skirts -17 inches from the ground -less embroidery, no pleats.

From Time Magazine Archive

In Shakespeare many adjectives, especially those ending in -ful, -less, -ble, and -ive, have both an active and a passive meaning.

From The New Hudson Shakespeare: Julius Cæsar by Black, Ebenezer Charlton

See Trench’s English Past and Present for a list of about 150 words in -less, all now obsolete: comp. l.

From Milton's Comus by Bell, William