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prospectless, a.|ˈprɒspɛktlɪs|
[See -less.]
1. Having no prospect or outlook.
1656S. H. Gold. Law 103 Wert thou hous'd in some dark or Prospectless ground room. 1770H. Walpole Let. to G. Montagu 11 June, A palace as dismal and prospectless as if it stood ‘on Stanmore's wintry wild!’
2. Without prospects for the future.
1878F. Montgomery Seaforth iii. i, Your boys..were born as penniless and as prospectless as mine. 1889Mrs. Oliphant Poor Gentleman II. ii. 27 A penniless, prospectless young man. |