remediless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of remediless
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; see origin at remedy, -less
Example Sentences
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The time has come when efficient measures should be taken for the preservation of our forests from indiscriminate and remediless destruction.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 2: Grover Cleveland by Cleveland, Grover
The loss of the children is less remediless than mine.
From The Life and Letters of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Volume I (of 2) by Marshall, Florence A. Thomas
If there is any thing in this world that can subdue the passions, damp the ardor, or quench the spirit of a man, it is biting, remediless, hopeless poverty.
From Ups and Downs in the Life of a Distressed Gentleman by Stone, William L. (William Leete)
This evil, however, was by no means remediless.
From Ormond, Volume II (of 3) or, The Secret Witness by Brown, Charles Brockden
Thus all men were lost, to be the prey of blackness, and fire, and the undying worm, through the remediless ages of eternity.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
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