degreeless

English

Etymology

From degree +‎ -less.

Adjective

degreeless (not comparable)

1. without an academic degree
   • 1920, Rose Macaulay, Potterism‎^[1]:

     There also went the confidential secretaries, the clerks and shorthand typists, in their hundreds; degreeless, brainless beings, but wise in their generation. '

   • 1912, Emile Faguet, The Cult of Incompetence‎^[2]:

     A university can confer a degree upon a distinguished man because it can judge whether his degreeless condition is due to accident or not.

Derived terms

• degreelessness