bootless

[ boot-lis ]

/ ˈbut lɪs /

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adjective

without result, gain, or advantage; unavailing; useless.

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Origin of bootless

before 1000; Middle English bot(e)les,Old English bōtlēas unpardonable. See boot², -less

OTHER WORDS FROM bootless

boot·less·ly, adverbboot·less·ness, noun

Words nearby bootless

Bootle, bootleg, bootlegged, bootlegger, bootleg play, bootless, bootlick, bootlicker, bootloader, boot money, boot out

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How to use bootless in a sentence

The Democrats sensibly blamed the feckless, bootless Bush administration for the collapse of the markets.
GOP R.I.P.|John Batchelor|April 10, 2009|DAILY BEAST
A bootless voyage they were making, since the fair had been abruptly broken up at its outset.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
We scarcely dared to whisper, or to tip-toe across the workshop on bootless feet.
Eastern Nights - and Flights|Alan Bott
Bootless, hatless, and coatless men often dashed to assembly sounded by the “thump, thump of the big drums.”
Manasses (Bull Run) National Battlefield Park-Virginia|Francis F. Wilshin

Many slips and falls had they on the frozen ice and slippery roads; yet was it all but a bootless chace.
A Legend of Reading Abbey|Charles MacFarlane
How success in that enterprise might have suggested or shaped a further course of aggression, it is now bootless to conjecture.
The Felon's Track|Michael Doheny

British Dictionary definitions for bootless

bootless

/ (ˈbuːtlɪs) /

adjective

of little or no use; vain; fruitlessa bootless search

Derived forms of bootless

bootlessly, adverb

Word Origin for bootless

Old English bōtlēas, from bōt compensation; Old Norse bótalauss

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