stateless

adjective

state·​less ˈstāt-ləs How to pronounce stateless (audio)
1
: having no state
2
: lacking the status of a national
a stateless refugee
statelessness noun

Examples of stateless in a Sentence

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Amer, who stars in and executive-produces Mo, returns as his on-screen character Mo Najjar, a stateless Palestinian refugee on the journey to becoming a legal citizen. Gabriela Silva, TVLine, 4 Dec. 2024 Design services to be idempotent and stateless, decoupling state to enhance resilience and scalability. Expert Panel®, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024 First, civilian leaders assign the Pentagon the difficult—perhaps in some cases impossible—task of building security forces in stateless nations. Rachel Tecott, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2021 And the other thing is that this exact situation will become less and less common over time because Ireland has changed its residency laws to prevent stateless entities. Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stateless 

Word History

First Known Use

1858, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of stateless was in 1858

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“Stateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stateless. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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