shirtless

English

A shirtless man.

Etymology

shirt +‎ -less

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɝtləs/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɜːtləs/
Audio (AU) (file)
Hyphenation: shirt‧less
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)tləs

Adjective

shirtless (comparative more shirtless, superlative most shirtless)

Without a shirt.
a shirtless wardrobe

shirtless sunbathing
(chiefly of a man) Not wearing a shirt; having a bare torso, barechested
(idiomatic) Very poor. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Derived terms

Translations

not wearing a shirt

Esperanto: senĉemiza
French: torse nu (fr)
German: mit nacktem Oberkörper
Icelandic: ber að ofan
Japanese: 上半身裸
Swedish: barbröstad (sv)

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