bootless

The Democrats sensibly blamed the feckless, bootless Bush administration for the collapse of the markets.

A bootless voyage they were making, since the fair had been abruptly broken up at its outset.

We scarcely dared to whisper, or to tip-toe across the workshop on bootless feet.

Bootless, hatless, and coatless men often dashed to assembly sounded by the “thump, thump of the big drums.”