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bootless
adjective
uk /ˈbuːt.ləs/ us /ˈbuːt.ləs/
bootlessadjective (NO SUCCESS)
literary
not successful or effective:
I wasted many hours on this bootless search.
It is bootless to argue with someone who refuses to listen to reason.
The trip proved bootless, as nobody was at the house.
He made bootless attempts to defend his actions.
All their prayers were bootless.
An attempt to change these entrenched beliefs will be difficult, and perhaps bootless.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Useless and futile
adrift
aimless
aimlessly
aimlessness
airy-fairy
fruitlessly
fruitlessness
futile
futilely
futility
negation
no goodidiom
non-viable
nugatory
ornamental
unrealistic
unrealistically
unseriousness
until you are blue in the faceidiom
unviability
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Unsuccessful (people and things)
bootlessadjective (NO SHOES)
not wearing boots:
He sat there hatless and bootless.
I looked down at my bootless feet.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Not wearing or removing clothes
altogether
au naturel
bare
bare nakedidiom
bare-chested
go commandoidiom
immodest
immodestly
immodesty
in your birthday suitidiom
nudity
revealing
shirtsleeve
shuck
shuck something off
streaker
trou
unclad
undress
undressed
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