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Paperless vs Paperlessness - What's the difference?

paperless | paperlessness |

Paperlessness is a derived term of paperless.



As an adjective paperless

is without paper.

As a noun paperlessness is

the state or condition of being paperless.

paperless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • Without paper.
    • The paperless walls of the bedroom looked grey and cheerless.
  • Relating to or involving the communication or storage of information electronically, rather than with paper.
    • Many banks are now offering paperless billing.
  • (of a person) Lacking official documentation or evidence of identity.
    • The government will aim to identify paperless refugees.

    Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    paperlessness

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The state or condition of being paperless.
  • * 1980 , Frederick Wilfrid Lancaster, The role of the library in an electronic society
    • One problem is the cost involved in converting to paperlessness .