单词 | redressless |
释义 | redresslessadj. Now rare. Without redress or the possibility of redress. ΚΠ 1603 Lady A. Stuart Let. 9 Mar. (1994) 169 Wheare it is as deeply printed and in the same Characters of undeserved redresselesse unkindnes as Calais in Queene Maries. 1628 F. Hubert Deplorable Life Edward II (unauthorized ed.) 36 He after harme shall goe: (Forspoken man) & neuer but successelesse, Himselfe, his hurt, and yet his hurt redresselesse. 1754 A. Berthelson Eng. & Danish Dict. Redresless, som ej kand ændres; som ej kand raades bood paa. 1865 T. A. Trollope Hist. Commonw. Florence II. iv. ii. 197 The usual result of redressless oppression which has become intolerable. 1910 Washington Post 10 July (Monthly Mag.) You or I..may any instant be subjected to this redressless, inhuman torture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1603 |
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