bootless

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. boot) (n.2) + -LESS (Cf. -less). Meaning "useless, unprofitable" is from early 15c.

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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 — adjective Etymology: 1boot Date: 1559 useless, unprofitable < a bootless attempt > • bootlessly adverb • bootlessness noun …   New Collegiate 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

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