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Eventless

   Also found in: Medical, Legal, Idioms, Encyclopedia, Wikipedia, Hutchinson 0.03 sec.
e·vent  (-vnt)
n.
1.
a. Something that takes place; an occurrence.
b. A significant occurrence or happening. See Synonyms at occurrence.
c. A social gathering or activity.
2. The final result; the outcome.
3. Sports A contest or an item in a sports program.
4. Physics A phenomenon or occurrence located at a single point in space-time, regarded as the fundamental observational entity in relativity theory.
Idioms:
at all events
In any case.
in any event
In any case.
in the event
If it should happen; in case.

[Latin ventus, from past participle of venre, to happen : -, ex-, ex- + venre, to come; see gw- in Indo-European roots.]

e·ventless adj.


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He had all the sensations of a man who is awakened from a dream of Paradise to face the dull tortures of a dreary and eventless life.
 
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