staffless
English
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[edit]staffless (not comparable)
- Without employees; unstaffed.
- 1963 June, “News and Comment: Wales and the Plan”, in Modern Railways, page 365:
- But he believes that Briton Ferry, Llansamlet North and Pembrey and Burry Port would be worth preserving as staffless "bus stops"; the last-mentioned, he points out, brings in nine times as much passenger revenue as Narberth which is not threatened.
- Without a staff, or walking-stick.
- 1989, Backpacker, volume 17, number 2, page 23:
- Picking up a good stick on the trail is usually easy […] Give it a good sling, or set it by the trailhead for the next staffless vagabond who passes by.
- (music) Without the use of staves in its notation.
- (of runes) Without vertical staves.