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reˈsourceless, a.
[f. as prec. + -less.]
Without resource; destitute of resources.
1787Generous Attachm. IV. 113 The resourceless Mr. Traffic, confounded and silent, is the picture of despair! 1826W. Jay Chr. Contempl. vi. 197 He is laid waste, but he is not resourceless. 1886A. Weir Hist. Basis Mod. Europe (1889) 540 Resourceless youths who managed to exist..on the patronage of the public.
Hence reˈsourcelessness.
1827A. W. Fonblanque Eng. under 7 Administr. (1837) I. 84 We are only to look around us, and wonder at our utter resourcelessness. 1866Contemp. Rev. II. 202 Poverty,..thinking on her own resourcelessness, sought his company. 1897Westcott Chr. Aspects of Life 413 The temptations and resourcelessness of the poor. |