Lacking flint; without flint or flint-like qualities; soft or yielding.
From 'flint' plus the suffix '-less' (from Old English '-leas', meaning 'without'). The '-less' suffix negates or indicates absence.
The '-less' suffix is one of English's most flexible negation tools—helpless, homeless, hopeless, heartless. It creates the opposite meaning instantly, making it easier than using separate words like 'without.'
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