About The Word Bootless
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Bootless
Bootless Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Bootless?
[adj] unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Bootless: fruitless | futile | sleeveless | unproductive | vain Related Terms | Find terms related to Bootless: 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 See Also | Bootless In Webster's Dictionary \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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