Having no smell or scent at all.
From 'odor' (Latin 'odor,' meaning smell) plus the suffix '-less' meaning 'without.' This straightforward compound has been used since the 1800s.
Carbon monoxide is odorless, which makes it deadly—it's why gas detectors are so important. Our lack of sense for this gas could cost us our lives without technology!
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