keyless

keyless

English

Etymology

    From key + -less.

    Adjective

    keyless (not comparable)

    1. Lacking or not requiring a key.
      • 2007 April 14, Micheline Maynard, “Car Keys Could Go the Way of Tail Fins”, in New York Times[1]:
        Today’s keyless models use a fob — the small remote control device that most modern cars use to lock and unlock doors — but it performs the additional duty of sending a signal to the ignition.

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