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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"Prisoners like Landor who suffer violations of their religious freedom in state prisons—no matter how blatant—will often be left remediless," Brown wrote.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
Thus, sir, restless I hold myself remediless, as loving without either reward or regard, and yet loving because there is none worthy to be loved but the mistress of my thoughts.
From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Edward Chauncey Baldwin
Too much to lament a misery is the next way to draw on a remediless mischief.
From Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources by William Alexander Clouston
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 Edward Caldwell Moore
It is a faint comfort to know the worst when the worst is remediless, and a weaker than that to know much ill, and not to know that that is the worst.
From Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions Together with Death's Duel by John Donne
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