sleeveless

Adjective
Synonyms: bootlessfruitlessfutilevain

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. having no sleeves“sleeveless summer dresses”
  2. unproductive of success“a fruitless search”“futile years after her artistic peak”“a sleeveless errand”“a vain attempt”Synonyms: bootlessfruitlessfutilevain
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sleeveless \Sleeve"less\, a. [AS. sl[=e]fle['a]s.]

1.Having no sleeves. [1913 Webster]

2.Lacking a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

The vexation of a sleeveless errand.— Bp. Warburton.[1913 Webster]
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