stateless

Questions about stateless

What does stateless mean?

stateless means "without nationality or citizenship".

How many syllables are in stateless?

stateless has 2 syllables: state-less. The stress falls on "state". In IPA it is /ˈsteɪtlɪs/.

What is another word for stateless?

Close synonyms include homeless. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stateless a common word?

stateless is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.