passless

English

Etymology

pass +‎ -less

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpæsləs/

Adjective

passless (not comparable)

1. Offering no way to pass; impassable.
   • 1656, Abraham Cowley, The Plagues of Egypt:

     Behold what passless rocks on either hand

2. Without a pass (authorization document).
   • 1987, Michael Dingake, My Fight Against Apartheid, page 57:

     Demonstrators were instructed to leave their passes at their homes and present themselves passless at police stations.