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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For it would, indeed, be monstrous, having settled the fact, that the public health suffered, from burial in tombs, to suppose it a remediless evil.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
In the schism among the Congregational Churches in New England, which before 1819 apparently had come to be regarded by both parties as remediless, Channing took the side of the opposition to Calvinistic orthodoxy.
From An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant by Moore, Edward Caldwell
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
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
In China the man or the family which is loaded with a debt beyond the recuperative power of the debtor, finds itself upon an oiled toboggan-slide at the bottom of which is remediless ruin.
From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.
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