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Sleeveless vs Underoos - What's the difference?

sleeveless | underoos |

As an adjective sleeveless

is of a garment, having no sleeves.

As a noun underoos is

(plurale tantum) a set of matching briefs and top (usually a sleeveless or t-shirt) themed after a superhero or other fictional character, popular in the 1980s, when it was worn by children.

sleeveless

English

Alternative forms

Adjective

(-)
  • Of a garment, having no sleeves.
  • (obsolete) Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.
  • * 1602 , , V. iv. 8:
    • might send that Greekish / whore-masterly villain with the sleeve back to the / dissembling luxurious drab of a sleeveless errand.
    The vexation of a sleeveless errand. — Bishop Warburton.

    underoos

    English

    Noun

    (en-plural noun)
  • (plurale tantum) A set of matching briefs and top (usually a sleeveless or t-shirt) themed after a superhero or other fictional character, popular in the 1980s, when it was worn by children.