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ageless.

Adjective
General
MEANING

1. Not appearing to age or change with time.

2. Remaining appealing or relevant without seeming tied to one period or fashion.

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Words that belong together

  • ageless face
  • ageless landscape

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The photograph showed the same apparently ageless face she remembered.
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ageless

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Normally non-gradable; no ordinary comparative or superlative. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.

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