idealessadj.

Brit.

/ʌɪˈdɪələs/, U.S.

/aɪˈdiələs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: idea n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < idea n. + -less suffix.

Having no ideas; conveying no idea, meaningless.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective]

emptya1225

sleevelessc1450

dumb1531

insensible1538

senseless1579

weetless1579

unsignificant1603

surd1605

matterless1612

unmeaning1632

non-significative1633

brute1642

shelly1648

insignificant1651

insignificative1660

unsignificative1664

unsignifying1665

unsensed1667

meaningless1728

bilka1734

meanless1734

inexpressive1744

unideal1751

unexpressive1755

idealess1793

unsuggestive1797

tenorless1821

themeless1840

nonsensible1851

inarticulate1855

purportless1865

expressionless1871

vacuous1872

contentless1886

unmeaningful1897

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [adjective] > lacking ideas

unideal1751

unideaed1752

idealess1793

notionless1814

1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Life Late Earl of Barrymore (ed. 3) 20 It formed no inconsiderable part of our amusement to listen from the side boxes to the remarks of those idealess, inane animals.

1803 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. II. 944 The impression on me is so nakedly an idealess feeling.

1818 Monthly Mag. 46 409 A few passages of good writing..interlarded with idealess nonsense.

1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. v. 381 That stupid, idealess brother.

1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 800 The style of architecture..is beyond words monotonous, idealess, soulless.

1913 Times 7 Jan. 7/6 A mould formed by an idealess bureaucracy, which is an admirable servant but a bad master.

1965 Educ. Theatre Jrnl. 17 25/2 The demise of the old-fashioned, idealess well-made play.

2003 A. K. Nardo G. Eliot's Dialogue with J. Milton ii. 62 Her heroine emerges as an articulate, perceptive reader and writer, not an idealess automaton.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	idealess
释义	idealessadj. Brit. /ʌɪˈdɪələs/, U.S. /aɪˈdiələs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: idea n., -less suffix. Etymology: < idea n. + -less suffix. Having no ideas; conveying no idea, meaningless. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective] emptya1225 sleevelessc1450 dumb1531 insensible1538 senseless1579 weetless1579 unsignificant1603 surd1605 matterless1612 unmeaning1632 non-significative1633 brute1642 shelly1648 insignificant1651 insignificative1660 unsignificative1664 unsignifying1665 unsensed1667 meaningless1728 bilka1734 meanless1734 inexpressive1744 unideal1751 unexpressive1755 idealess1793 unsuggestive1797 tenorless1821 themeless1840 nonsensible1851 inarticulate1855 purportless1865 expressionless1871 vacuous1872 contentless1886 unmeaningful1897 the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [adjective] > lacking ideas unideal1751 unideaed1752 idealess1793 notionless1814 1793 ‘A. Pasquin’ Life Late Earl of Barrymore (ed. 3) 20 It formed no inconsiderable part of our amusement to listen from the side boxes to the remarks of those idealess, inane animals. 1803 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. II. 944 The impression on me is so nakedly an idealess feeling. 1818 Monthly Mag. 46 409 A few passages of good writing..interlarded with idealess nonsense. 1856 C. M. Yonge Daisy Chain ii. v. 381 That stupid, idealess brother. 1875 Contemp. Rev. 25 800 The style of architecture..is beyond words monotonous, idealess, soulless. 1913 Times 7 Jan. 7/6 A mould formed by an idealess bureaucracy, which is an admirable servant but a bad master. 1965 Educ. Theatre Jrnl. 17 25/2 The demise of the old-fashioned, idealess well-made play. 2003 A. K. Nardo G. Eliot's Dialogue with J. Milton ii. 62 Her heroine emerges as an articulate, perceptive reader and writer, not an idealess automaton. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1793
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