bootless
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Adjective
(of a task or undertaking) Ineffectual; useless,
/ˈbo͞otlis/,
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(of a task or undertaking) Ineffectual; useless,
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(of a task or undertaking) Ineffectual; useless
- - words at this pass were vain and bootless
Web Definitions:
- unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
- Bootless Inlet is a body of water in southeastern Papua New Guinea, at , south of Port Moresby.
- without boots
- Must every non-useless, non-unprofitable activity involve wearing boots? Quite the contrary, wouldn't you say? Let's start using "slipshod" to mean any activity which is not an end in itself. See: FLIP-FLOP, SLIPSHOD.