1
: deficient in or free from blood
2
: not accompanied by loss or shedding of blood
a bloodless victory
3
: lacking in spirit or vitality
4
: lacking in human feeling
bloodless statistics
bloodlessly
adverb
bloodlessness
noun
Examples of bloodless in a Sentence
They took control of the government in a bloodless coup.
Her speeches are dull and bloodless.
a bunch of bloodless numbers and statistics
His face was bloodless with fear.
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Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 24 Oct. 2024
Many gold cloaks, still loyal to Daemon from his time leading the City Watch, helped make this a relatively bloodless conquest.
—James Grebey, Vulture, 22 July 2024
Grayson’s prose is as inspiring as her book’s titular call for a bloodless revolution.
—Erik Kobayashi-Solomon, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
So many bloodless words with two tender ones in the middle, like a still warm corpse in a storm.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
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“Bloodless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bloodless. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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bloodless
adjective
blood·less
ˈbləd-ləs 
1
: having less blood than normal
2
: done without bloodshed
a bloodless revolution
3
: lacking in spirit or feeling
bloodlessly
adverb
bloodlessness
noun
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