1. without bread; lacking bread
2. lacking money or means of subsistence; poor
Usage: archaic; literary

Examples

• The family sat down to a breadless meal of soup and vegetables.
• During the famine, many people found themselves breadless and hungry.
• He refused to live a breadless existence and sought work immediately.
• The breadless diet was part of their religious observance.
• In times of scarcity, even breadless days were considered fortunate.
• She grew up breadless but never lost her dignity.