quarterless

quarterless

English

Etymology

quarter +‎ -less

Adjective

quarterless (not comparable)

1. Without quarter; merciless.
   • 1922, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's magazine (volume 72‎)

     Many, long since outmatched in the quarterless battle for existence, still clung, bleached and ghastly, like upstanding skeletons...

2. (US) That does not require quarters (coins) to operate