fretless

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Of a stringed instrument, not having frets on the fingerboard.
2. adjective Without worries.
3. noun A stringed instrument without frets on the fingerboard.

Similar words

unfretted open unstringed unfretful unfletched unstrung unbanded unfritted unharped unchorded

Often followed by

bass banjo lute neck and instrument fingerboard banjos guitar