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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

/ˈmæpləs/ (US)

Adjective

mapless (comparative more mapless, superlative most mapless)

Without a map or maps.
- May 4, 2024 — Mat Gallagher, I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing, T3:
  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.
Unmapped.
- 1955 — John Stewart Collis, The Moving Waters, p. 86:
  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...

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AI Definitions

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.
(figurative) Lacking direction, structure, or a clear plan; unguided.
- His early career felt mapless, shaped more by curiosity than by design.

Derived terms

maplessness

Anagrams

ampless
Palmses
Sampsel
Samples
psalmes
samples

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 ===Etymology===
-From {{suffix|en|map|less}}.
+From ''map'' + the suffix ''-less'' (“without”).
 ===Pronunciation===
-* {{IPA|en|/ˈmæpləs/|a=US}}
+* /ˈmæpləs/ (US)
 ===Adjective===
-{{en-adj|-}}
+'''mapless''' (comparative '''more mapless''', superlative '''most mapless''')
-# Without a [[map]] or maps.
+# Without a map or maps.
-#* {{quote-web|en
+#* May 4, 2024 — Mat Gallagher, ''I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing'', T3:
-|date=May 4, 2024
+#*: 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.
-|title=I tried Mercedes’ new autonomous driving in busy city streets – it's mind-blowing
+# Unmapped.
-|author=Mat Gallagher
+#* 1955 — John Stewart Collis, ''The Moving Waters'', p. 86:
-|work=T3
+#*: 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...
-|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====
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 ====AI Definitions====
 # 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.''
-# {{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.''
 ====Derived terms====
-{{col|en|maplessness}}
+* maplessness
 ===Anagrams===
-* {{anagrams|en|a=aelmpss|ampless|Palmses|Sampsel|Samples|psalmes|samples}}
+* ampless
+* Palmses
+* Sampsel
+* Samples
+* psalmes
+* samples