actionless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵeti

Proto-Italic *agō

Latin agō

Latin āctum

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *-Hō

Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō

Proto-Italic *-tiō

Latin -tiō

Latin āctiō

Old French aucionbor.

Middle English accioun

English action

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English actionless

From action + -less.

Adjective

actionless (comparative more actionless, superlative most actionless)

1. Lacking action; particularly with respect to entertainment, dull, boring.
   • 1986 February 1, Nicholas Deutsch, “7th Annual New York Gay Film Festival”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 28, page 8:

     A plotless, virtually actionless series of long takes

Derived terms

• actionlessness

Translations

lacking action

• Finnish: toiminnaton
• German: aktionslos
• Polish: bezakcyjny

Anagrams

• coastlines, sectionals