dinnerless
Definition
Adjective: - Without an evening meal: "dinnerless" describes a state in which a person has not eaten dinner, typically the main meal of the day, often due to lack of food, opportunity, or intentional fasting.
Usage Examples
- (He did not eat his evening meal.)
- (They had no dinner to eat.)
Advanced Usage
"to go dinnerless": to intentionally or unintentionally skip the evening meal.
- She decided to go dinnerless to save money for the week. (She chose not to eat dinner.)
"dinnerless night": a specific evening when no dinner is consumed.
- It was a dinnerless night due to the unexpected storm. (The storm prevented the meal.)
Variants and Related Words
Dinner (n): the main meal of the day, usually eaten in the evening.
- We had a large dinner together. (The evening meal.)
Dinnerless (adj): the primary form, as defined above.
Dinner hour (n): the time when dinner is typically eaten.
- The dinner hour is at seven o'clock. (The scheduled time for the meal.)
Synonyms
- Unfed: not provided with food.
- Meal-less: without any meal, especially the main one.
Related Idioms
- To go hungry: to not eat food when expected.
- He went hungry that evening, remaining dinnerless. (He did not eat dinner.)
- To skip dinner: to deliberately avoid the evening meal.
- She often skips dinner, making herself dinnerless. (She does not eat dinner regularly.)