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stateless

adjective/ˈsteɪtləs/

B1CEFR level
45/100Rarity: uncommon
TechnicalRegister

Not recognised as a national by any state under the operation of its law.

Rendered stateless by the withdrawal of his citizenship, he could not lawfully be removed anywhere.

Topic: Immigration law in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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