hoopless
Lacking circular bands
Without a hoop or hoops.
A hoopless basketball court lacks the essential equipment for play.
In historical dress, hoopless skirts hang naturally without the rigid understructure that created wide silhouettes: She preferred hoopless gowns for their ease of movement.
Without an encircling edge
- netlessHaving no woven barrier
- backboardBoard behind basket
- goallessWithout points scored
- dribblingBall-handling with repeated touches
layup · rebound · streetball · shootaround · practice · drill · airball · brick
Basic and unremarkable
- simpleFree of complexity
- bareLacking any covering
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
- undecoratedWithout added ornament
spartan · austere · minimalist · stark · unornamented · ringless · uncluttered · streamlined
Not yet complete
- partialFavoring one side
- lackingBeing without something
- deficientHaving too little
- insufficientBelow required quantity
missing · inadequate · imperfect · wanting · absent · devoid · without · bereft
Having no skirt
- unstiffenedNot made rigid
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
- relaxedFree of stress
casual · modern · streamlined
rimless
Without an encircling edge
dribbling · layup · rebound · streetball · shootaround · practice · drill · airball · brick · swish
plain
Basic and unremarkable
- simpleFree of complexity
- bareLacking any covering
- unembellishedWithout decorative additions
undecorated · spartan · austere · minimalist · stark · unornamented · ringless · uncluttered · streamlined · unpretentious
unfinished
Not yet complete
insufficient · missing · inadequate · imperfect · wanting · absent · devoid · without · bereft · stripped
skirtless
Having no skirt
- unstiffenedNot made rigid
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- unstructuredLacking imposed order
relaxed · casual · modern · streamlined