Home › Words › S › shirtlessnessshirtlessnessshirtlessness means absence of shirts.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, shirtlessness ranks #36,606 of 42,747 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom shirtless + -ness.nounAbsence of shirts.e.g.“An organizational crisis erupted, which resulted in reverting to a ban on all shirtlessness. Outraged, six gay men flouted the policy, arguing that shirtlessness was a question of liberation[…]” — 2002, Tom Warner, Never going back: a history of queer activism in Canada, page 312:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.shirtless 81% match — Without a shirt. vs shirtlessness →shirtlessly 76% match — Without (wearing) a shirt. vs shirtlessness →sleevelessness 75% match — Absence of sleeves. vs shirtlessness →clotheslessness 73% match — Absence of clothes. vs shirtlessness →dresslessness 72% match — Absence of clothing; nudity. vs shirtlessness →blouselessness 68% match — Absence of a blouse. vs shirtlessness →clothlessness 68% match — Absence of cloth or of clothing. vs shirtlessness →garblessness 66% match — Absence of clothing. vs shirtlessness →