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Definition of bootless in English: bootlessadjective ˈbuːtləsˈbutləs archaic (of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless. 〈古〉无用的，无益的 remonstrating with him seems ever to have been a bootless task 向他抗议看来一向是没有用的。 Example sentencesExamples - After the bootless repair mission, Gnat napped and I worked.
- There is nothing here to equal the performances in the movie, but if you haven't seen it, a visit to the play might not prove bootless.
- But arguing with people who don't want to hear is fundamentally bootless.
- So it is bootless for someone to ask for some further reassurance; that can only add to his stock of beliefs.
- He screams, he stamps, he curses all heaven with his bootless cries.
- Still, it is bootless to argue with theologians, especially when they wear purple or crimson.
- Determining who has said nastier things about whom is a bootless enterprise.
- I wasted two weeks trying to redesign the front page, which was bootless; I ended up redoing it with new graphics which are nearly identical to the old.
- A thing of beauty stands where only bootless cries would have been.
- Common Rule does not give an answer, and it is bootless to look for a precise formula or quota.
Synonyms unsuccessful, non-successful, unproductive, fruitless, profitless, unprofitable, abortive, failed, futile, purposeless, worthless, useless, ineffectual, inefficient, inefficacious, inadequate, vain, unavailing, to no effect useless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, unproductive, fruitless, profitless, unrewarding, unsuccessful, non-successful, without success, abortive, unavailing, to no avail, to no effect, to no purpose, futile, vain, in vain, pointless, worthless, nugatory
OriginOld English bōtlēas 'not able to be compensated for by payment' (see boot2, -less). Definition of bootless in US English: bootlessadjectiveˈbo͞otləsˈbutləs archaic (of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless. 〈古〉无用的，无益的 words at this pass were vain and bootless Example sentencesExamples - Still, it is bootless to argue with theologians, especially when they wear purple or crimson.
- He screams, he stamps, he curses all heaven with his bootless cries.
- So it is bootless for someone to ask for some further reassurance; that can only add to his stock of beliefs.
- But arguing with people who don't want to hear is fundamentally bootless.
- A thing of beauty stands where only bootless cries would have been.
- There is nothing here to equal the performances in the movie, but if you haven't seen it, a visit to the play might not prove bootless.
- After the bootless repair mission, Gnat napped and I worked.
- Common Rule does not give an answer, and it is bootless to look for a precise formula or quota.
- I wasted two weeks trying to redesign the front page, which was bootless; I ended up redoing it with new graphics which are nearly identical to the old.
- Determining who has said nastier things about whom is a bootless enterprise.
Synonyms unsuccessful, non-successful, unproductive, fruitless, profitless, unprofitable, abortive, failed, futile, purposeless, worthless, useless, ineffectual, inefficient, inefficacious, inadequate, vain, unavailing, to no effect useless, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, unproductive, fruitless, profitless, unrewarding, unsuccessful, non-successful, without success, abortive, unavailing, to no avail, to no effect, to no purpose, futile, vain, in vain, pointless, worthless, nugatory
OriginOld English bōtlēas ‘not able to be compensated for by payment’ (see boot, -less). |