Without a clerk; lacking a clerk or clerical support.
From 'clerk' plus the suffix '-less' (meaning without, as in homeless, helpless, or fearless).
A 'clerkless' operation before modern technology would have been chaotic—records would scatter, payments would be missed, and dates would be forgotten, which is why having at least one literate clerk was worth paying for.
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