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English Dictionary: bootless by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
bootless
adj
  1. unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
    Synonym(s): bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Bootless \Boot"less\, a. [From {Boot} profit.]
      Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or
      success. --Chaucer.
  
               I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. --Shak.
      -- {Boot"less*ly}, adv. -- {Boot"less*ness}, n.
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