adjective
- written or spelled without a hyphen
Usage: technical or linguistic context
Examples
- The style guide recommends writing 'email' as a hyphenless word rather than 'e-mail'.
- Modern usage favors hyphenless compound forms like 'smartphone' and 'notebook'.
- The publisher updated their standards to make certain previously hyphenated terms hyphenless.
- Some writers prefer hyphenless versions of compound adjectives in informal writing.