ridgeless

Lacking raised line

Ridgeless means lacking a ridge—a raised line or crest.

The term appears in descriptions where the absence of such a feature matters: ridgeless fingerprints, a ridgeless skull, ridgeless potato chips.

It's straightforward: whatever normally has a ridge, doesn't.

smooth

polished

Smooth, refined, accomplished

buffed · sanded · streamlined · aerodynamic · rounded · contoured · seamless · ungrooved · unfurrowed · unwrinkled

flat

plateau

Flat highland area

tableland · mesa · pampas · savanna · floodplain · delta · lowland · polder · champaign · peneplain

anatomy

fingerprint

Friction ridge impression

shell · carapace · exoskeleton · horn · nail · hoof · seed · kernel · unribbed · spineless

terrain

eroded

Gradually degraded by elements

flattened · leveled · undulating · rolling · gentle · gradual · peneplain

Opposites
presence of ridges/raised formations

ridgelessridged

Having raised lines

ridgy · crested · peaked · corrugated · ribbed

Family

ridge, ridged, ridges, ridging, herringbone, ridgeline, ridgelike

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Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G