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odourless

UK/ˈəʊdələs/
adjectiveB2+Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #14,792 of 15,258neutral

Odourless means having no smell whatever. An odourless gas, odourless and colourless, an odourless cleaner.

It matters most as a warning: carbon monoxide is odourless, colourless and tasteless, which is exactly why it kills, and natural gas has a smell added on purpose so that leaks are noticed. American spelling drops the u.

Definitions of odourless

  1. 1adjectiveodourlessHaving no smell whatever.B2+

    “The cream is odourless, so it's fine for people who dislike perfume.”

odourless is a quality.

Also accepted in games: odorless

Where it comes from

From odour + -less.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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odourless in the wild

  • Leaves and flowers are essentially odourless, lacking the aromatic oils characteristic of the genus.

    Citrus inodora

  • The contents freeze in a short time stopping bacteria from growing and keeping it odourless.

    Freezing toilet

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

  • odour