Synonyms for bootless

Grammar : Adj

Spell : boot-lis

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbut lɪs

Définition of bootless

Origin : late Old English botleas "unpardonable, not to be atoned for, without help or remedy," from boot (n.2) + -less. Meaning "useless, unprofitable" is from early 15c.

adj useless

Example sentences :

And he recalled his own bootless wickedness and underhand intrigues.
Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola

"But he's gone on a bootless errand, I tell ye," continued Mrs. Garth.
Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine

I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers.Merchant of Venice.
Extract from : « An Old Sailor's Yarns » by Nathaniel Ames

"'Tis possible—nay, probable—that this is a bootless quest," said I dejectedly.
Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane

The matter is such a commonplace of history that it is bootless to labour it here.
Extract from : « Ten Thousand Miles with a Dog Sled » by Hudson Stuck

The bootless feet of the Texan had left no mark on the buffalo grass.
Extract from : « Prairie Flowers » by James B. Hendryx

I had been bootless, when I started; but my feet were now bare and bleeding.
Extract from : « Lords of the North » by A. C. Laut

He was bootless and a great toe protruded from a hole in the point of his sock.
Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx

Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast, for which he paid full dear!
Extract from : « The Book of Humorous Verse » by Various

Then came a sound as of bootless feet pressing the stairs stealthily!
Extract from : « The Freelands » by John Galsworthy

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