Meaning of BOOTLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'bootlis
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| | Definition: | | [adj] unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt" |
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| | Synonyms: | | fruitless, futile, sleeveless, unproductive, vain |
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| | Definition: | | \Boot"less\, a. [From {Boot} profit.]
Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or
success. --Chaucer.
I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. --Shak.
-- {Boot"less*ly}, adv. -- {Boot"less*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abortive, barren, counterproductive, effete, empty, etiolated, failed, failing, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, frustrating, futile, gainless, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inoperative, invalid, lame, manque, miscarried, miscarrying, nonremunerative, nugacious, nugatory, of no effect, of no force, otiose, pointless, profitless, purposeless, rewardless, sterile, stickit, stillborn, successless, unavailable, unavailing, unfortunate, unproductive, unprofitable, unremunerative, unrewarding, unsuccessful, useless, vain, wasteful, worthless |
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