† gainlessadj.¹

Forms: In Middle English gaȝhennlaes.

Etymology: < gain n.¹ + -less suffix.

Obsolete. rare.

Of no avail.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing

gainlessc1175

speedless13..

unspeedfula1340

ineffectualc1425

frustratory1490

unvailablea1500

frustrate1529

uneffectual1548

unavailable1549

unfectual1549

bootless1559

dudgeon?1589

inavailable1650

unavailing1672

dud1914

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13946 & tanne wære uss gaȝhenn læs Þatt crist wass dæd o rode.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

gainlessadj.²

/ˈɡeɪnlɪs/

Etymology: < gain n.² + -less suffix.

1. Producing no gain; unprofitable; useless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding

unspeedya1300

speedless13..

improfitablea1325

unthriftyc1374

unnotefula1400

rewardless1481

thriveless1521

unbehovablea1557

thriftless1568

profitless1574

ungainful1599

unprofiteda1616

unthriving1617

ungaining1632

endlessa1640

gainless1640

improficuous1650

unrewarding1651

uncompensated1775

unrepaying1829

ungainsome1832

blind alley1902

dead end1928

1640 O. Sedgwick Christs Counsell 39 For our communion with God, it will grow more strange, less confident, and more gainless.

1654 H. Hammond Answer Animadversions on Diss. touching Ignatius's Epist. ii. § i. 24 The several gainlesse paines that his sharp Animadversion hath..cost each of us.

1658 Whole Duty of Man (1687) vi. §14. 56 It is not only gainless, but painful and uneasie also.

1878 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 76 Some gainlesse glimpse of Proserpine's veiled head.

2. Indifferent to gain.Apparently an isolated use.

ΚΠ

1876 J. Martineau Hours of Thought (1877) 24 The godless lover of gain and the gainless lover of God are fanatics both.

Derivatives

ˈgainlessness n. the state of being gainless.

ΚΠ

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 89 And the parallel holds too, in the gainlesness as well as laboriousness of the work.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	gainless
释义	† gainlessadj.¹ Forms: In Middle English gaȝhennlaes. Etymology: < gain n.¹ + -less suffix. Obsolete. rare. Of no avail. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing gainlessc1175 speedless13.. unspeedfula1340 ineffectualc1425 frustratory1490 unvailablea1500 frustrate1529 uneffectual1548 unavailable1549 unfectual1549 bootless1559 dudgeon?1589 inavailable1650 unavailing1672 dud1914 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 13946 & tanne wære uss gaȝhenn læs Þatt crist wass dæd o rode. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020). gainlessadj.² /ˈɡeɪnlɪs/ Etymology: < gain n.² + -less suffix. 1. Producing no gain; unprofitable; useless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 1640 O. Sedgwick Christs Counsell 39 For our communion with God, it will grow more strange, less confident, and more gainless. 1654 H. Hammond Answer Animadversions on Diss. touching Ignatius's Epist. ii. § i. 24 The several gainlesse paines that his sharp Animadversion hath..cost each of us. 1658 Whole Duty of Man (1687) vi. §14. 56 It is not only gainless, but painful and uneasie also. 1878 A. C. Swinburne Poems & Ballads 2nd Ser. 76 Some gainlesse glimpse of Proserpine's veiled head. 2. Indifferent to gain.Apparently an isolated use. ΚΠ 1876 J. Martineau Hours of Thought (1877) 24 The godless lover of gain and the gainless lover of God are fanatics both. Derivatives ˈgainlessness n. the state of being gainless. ΚΠ 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 89 And the parallel holds too, in the gainlesness as well as laboriousness of the work. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.¹c1175adj.²1640
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