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Meanings of backless in English

Lacking a back.

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Examples for "backed"
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So far this year, only six venture capital-backed companies have gone public.
Reuters
2
Finance Minister Grant Robertson, speaking on Morning Report today, backed her position.
Radio NZ
3
In March, Beijing backed stricter UN sanctions; September saw another nuclear test.
The Guardian
4
American troops often passed through the area in then U.S.-backed South Vietnam.
Reuters
5
The Senate health committee earlier this month backed 12 years of protection.
Reuters
Usage of backless in English
1
A young girl in a backless slip came trotting out, Welcome, boss.
Don't Cry Tai Lake
2
A few backless forms were provided on the floor for unconvicted prisoners.
Prisoner for Blasphemy
3
The food was served on long pine tables, flanked by backless benches.
I Married a Ranger
4
The Armenians did not eat reclining, but sat straight on backless chairs.
The Memoirs of Cleopatra
5
Also deployed with backless frocks, this stance calls for a Who?
News.com.au
6
She was dressed for the party in a backless Dior dress.
Blind Man's Alley
7
Veronica's debut dress was backless and plunged nearly to her waist.
Coming out
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The front had a soft sweetheart neckline and it was backless.
Wings
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He was sitting on the backless chair in his aunt's kitchen.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
10
Then he saw a blond girl in a backless black suit.
Funland
11
The floor was dirty and broken into holes; the seats were bare, backless benches.
Chapters of Opera / Being historical and critical observations a...
12
She was thinking about the backless dress and what they were going to do.
Coming out
13
Most of these sculptures are backless: walk round them and their hollowness is revealed.
The Guardian
14
Inside, a picture shows her posing in a little less - a backless jumpsuit.
Reuters
15
Dresses cannot be backless, The lowest the dress may go is under your armpit.
Radio NZ
16
He wore a pair of backless gloves in pale deerskin.
Another life
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