- bootless
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adjective
Etymology: 1boot
Date: 1559
useless, unprofitable <a bootless attempt> • bootlessly adverb • bootlessness noun
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bootless
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Bootless — Boot less, a. [From {Boot} profit.] Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] I ll follow him no more with bootless prayers. Shak. [1913 Webster] {Boot less*ly}, adv. {Boot less*ness}, n. [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bootless — index futile, otiose, unavailing Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
bootless — fruitless, *futile, vain, abortive Analogous words: idle, empty, hollow, nugatory, *vain, otiose Contrasted words: *beneficial, advantageous, profitable … New Dictionary of Synonyms
bootless — [bo͞ot′lis] adj. [ BOOT2 + LESS] without benefit; useless bootlessly adv. bootlessness n … English World dictionary
bootless — {{11}}bootless (1) lacking boots, late 14c., from BOOT (Cf. boot) (n.1) + LESS (Cf. less). {{12}}bootless (2) late O.E. botleas unpardonable, not to be atoned for, without help or remedy, from BOOT (Cf … Etymology dictionary
bootless — adjective a) without boots When, in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes, / I all alone beweep my outcast state / And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries b) profitless; pointless; unavailing Syn: fruitless … Wiktionary
Bootless Inlet — is a body of water in southeastern Papua New Guinea, at coord|9.5044444|S|147.2627778|E|, south of Port Moresby. External links * [http://www.pbase.com/fmanseau/plongefv Photos from Bootless Bay] … Wikipedia
bootless — bootlessly, adv. bootlessness, n. /booht lis/, adj. without result, gain, or advantage; unavailing; useless. [bef. 1000; ME bot(e)les, OE botleas unpardonable. See BOOT2, LESS] * * * … Universalium
bootless — Synonyms and related words: abortive, barren, counterproductive, effete, empty, etiolated, failed, failing, fatuitous, fatuous, feckless, fruitless, frustrating, futile, gainless, inadequate, inane, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious,… … Moby Thesaurus
bootless — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having no useful result: barren, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idiom: in vain. See THRIVE, USED … English dictionary for students
