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bootless

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boot·less  (btls)
adj.
Without advantage or benefit; useless. See Synonyms at futile.
[boot + -less.]
bootless·ly adv.
bootless [ˈbuːtlɪs]
adj
of little or no use; vain; fruitless a bootless search
[Old English bōtlēas, from bōt compensation; Old Norse bótalauss]
bootlessly  adv
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Adj.1.bootless - unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
unproductive - not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"
Translations
bootless
adj (liter) → nutzlos, eitel (liter)


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"Pat is dead," said the Story Girl hopelessly, as we returned one evening from a bootless quest to Andrew Cowan's where a strange gray cat had been reported--a cat which turned out to be a yellowish brown nondescript, with no tail to speak of.
The Golden Road by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
said that good-natured emissary, after a full half-hour of bootless attempts to bring him round to the question.
A Tale Of Two Cities by Dickens, Charles View in context
And what would their parents think of me, if they saw or heard the children rioting, hatless, bonnetless, gloveless, and bootless, in the deep soft snow?
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