teleprompterless

English

Etymology

teleprompter +‎ -less

Adjective

teleprompterless (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Without a teleprompter.
    • 2005, Mike Walker, Rather Dumb: A Top Tabloid Reporter Tells CBS How to Do News, Nelson Current, →ISBN, page 98:
      But wouldn't it be wise to commit a handful to memory for those teleprompterless personal appearances?
    • 2009 March 20, Christopher Helms, “Re: Making Bush look brilliant”, in aus.invest‎ (Usenet):
      Anyone who thinks Obama can't function without a teleprompter should compare George Bush's teleprompterless 2004 debate performance with Barack Obama's 2008 teleprompterless debate performance and get back to us about who seems confused, incompetent and lost.
    • 2011 March 9, El Castor [username], “Re: Newt Says he Had Affairs Because Passion for His Country Led Him to Work Too Hard”, in soc.retirement‎ (Usenet):
      Besides, I would love to see Newt tear a teleprompterless Obama to pieces in a debate. (-8
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:teleprompterless.
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