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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From {{suffix|en|map|less}}.
From ''map'' + the suffix ''-less'' (“without”).


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/ˈmæpləs/|a=US}}
* /ˈmæpləs/ (US)


===Adjective===
===Adjective===
{{en-adj|-}}
'''mapless''' (comparative '''more mapless''', superlative '''most mapless''')


# Without a [[map]] or maps.
# Without a map or maps.
#* {{quote-web|en
# Unmapped.
|date=May 4, 2024
|title=I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing
|author=Mat Gallagher
|work=T3
|passage=According to Mercedes, this is a '''mapless''' system, instead using the data from the car's cameras and sensors to plot the road, making this easily scalable to any location.
|url=https://www.t3.com/features/this-mercedes-just-drove-itself-through-busy-city-streets}}
# [[unmapped|Unmapped]].
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1955|author=John Stewart Collis|title=The Moving Waters|page=86
|passage=It had seemed that the earth now offered nothing further to explorers; that the virgin forest, the untrodden desert, the '''mapless''' mountain, the unjourneyed sea were all things of the past{{...}}}}


====Walkthrough Video====
====Walkthrough Video====
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====AI Definitions====
====AI Definitions====
# Lacking cartographic guidance; proceeding without reference to a physical or digital map.
# Lacking cartographic guidance; proceeding without reference to a physical or digital map.
#* ''They set off mapless into the backcountry, trusting only the river’s course.''
#* ''They set off mapless into the backcountry, trusting only the river’s course.''
# {{lb|en|figurative}} Lacking direction, structure, or a clear plan; unguided.
# (figurative) Lacking direction, structure, or a clear plan; unguided.
#* ''His early career felt mapless, shaped more by curiosity than by design.''
#* ''His early career felt mapless, shaped more by curiosity than by design.''


====Derived terms====
====Derived terms====
{{col|en|maplessness}}
* maplessness
 
====Example Sentences====
1. According to Mercedes, this is a mapless system, instead using the data from the car's cameras and sensors to plot the road, making this easily scalable to any location.


===Anagrams===
===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=aelmpss|ampless|Palmses|Sampsel|Samples|psalmes|samples}}
* ampless
* Palmses
* Sampsel
* Samples
* psalmes
* samples

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English

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Etymology

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From map + the suffix -less (“without”).

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈmæpləs/ (US)

Adjective

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mapless (comparative more mapless, superlative most mapless)

  1. Without a map or maps.
  2. Unmapped.

Walkthrough Video

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AI Definitions

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  1. Lacking cartographic guidance; proceeding without reference to a physical or digital map.
    • They set off mapless into the backcountry, trusting only the river’s course.
  2. (figurative) Lacking direction, structure, or a clear plan; unguided.
    • His early career felt mapless, shaped more by curiosity than by design.

Derived terms

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  • maplessness

Example Sentences

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1. According to Mercedes, this is a mapless system, instead using the data from the car's cameras and sensors to plot the road, making this easily scalable to any location.

Anagrams

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  • ampless
  • Palmses
  • Sampsel
  • Samples
  • psalmes
  • samples