| 释义 |
reˈsultless, a.
[f. result n. + -less.]
Devoid of, or without, result; ineffectual.
1846Blackw. Mag. LX. 336 Disgust at the resultless strife has not yet replaced the interest and excitement it creates. 1880Muirhead Gaius ii. §30 The cession is held in that case to be resultless.
Hence reˈsultlessly adv.; reˈsultlessness.
1858Trench Synonyms xlix. (1876) 174 The aimlessness, or, if we may use the word, the resultlessness, of that to which this epithet is given. 1900Academy 18 Aug. 137/2 Bulwer Lytton is clever without depth, and resultlessly interesting. |