Without growth; lacking development, progress, or the ability to grow or expand.
From 'growth' plus '-less' (a suffix from Old English meaning without or lacking).
The '-less' suffix is one of the most useful word-building tools in English—you can add it to almost any noun to describe what it lacks, creating 'fearless,' 'homeless,' 'growthless,' and hundreds of others.
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