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English Dictionary: sleeveless by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sleeveless
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sleeveless
adj
  1. having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses" [ant: sleeved]
  2. 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]:
   Sleeveless \Sleeve"less\, a. [AS. sl[?]fle[a0]s.]
      1. Having no sleeves.
  
      2. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable;
            profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] --Shak.
  
                     The vexation of a sleeveless errand.   --Bp.
                                                                              Warburton.
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