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Definition of stateless

stateless

/ˈsteɪt.ləs/
state · less
Adverb:statelessly
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1

Not recognized as a citizen or national of any country.

Example

"The international treaty aims to protect stateless refugees who lack legal citizenship."

2

(Of a computing protocol or process) not retaining information about previous requests or interactions from one session to the next.

Example

"Developers built a stateless architecture so that any server in the cluster can handle incoming requests."

3

Lacking a formal centralized government or sovereign state apparatus.

Example

"Anthropologists have studied several stateless societies that maintain social order through kinship networks."

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• Rhymes for stateless

• Nearby Words

statecraft
statehood
statehouse
stateless
statelessness
stateliness
stately

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Stateless. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/stateless
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