relieflessadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˈliːflᵻs/, U.S.

/rəˈliflᵻs/,

/riˈliflᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relief n.², -less suffix.

Etymology: < relief n.² + -less suffix.

Now rare.

Devoid of relief; without relief.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc.

unbootlyc1225

uncurablea1340

bootlessa1375

incurable1377

unremediablea1382

irreparablea1420

irrecuperable1430

unrecuperable?a1439

unrecoverable1461

unrecurable1465

remedilessa1513

remedeless1523

unrecompensablea1530

inemendable1532

immedicable1533

irrecoverablec1540

insanable1547

irremediable1547

irrecurable1548

unredeemable1551

cureless1557

unreparable1568

unrepairable1576

unmendable1584

unrelievablea1586

remedless1590

recurelessa1592

irrepairable1594

unrecovered1598

irremediless1602

unredressable1607

unsalvable1624

unrallied1651

reliefless1677

irrelievable1797

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy

remedilessa1500

unrecurable1597

insanable1657

irrecoverable1708

unredeemable1813

reliefless1852

incurable1879

1677 J. Howe Reconcileableness God's Prescience 5 The..reliefless shift of involving one-self in greater [argument].

1686 N. Tate tr. G. Fracastoro Syphilis 27 They Brib'd and Pray'd, yet still reliefless lay.

c1730 R. Savage Epist. Sir R. Walpole 166 The tale pathetic speaks some wretch that owes To some deficient law reliefless woes.

1736 A. Hill tr. Voltaire Alzira ii. 15 Screen my Soul From the reliefless Rage of un-felt Curses.

1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 23 Alone reliefless in thy cold distress.

1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 216 Hopeless, reliefless, eternal, the sorrow shall be met.

1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lvi. 408 Close at hand, too, there is a reliefless and relentless smell of pitch and turpentine.

1972 R. T. Golembiewski Renewing Organizations 3 A traveler in time..finds his sense of a cultural home kaleidoscopically changing... Future shock is reliefless in this basic sense.

1992 J. E. Jackson Bold, Bad '60s x. 118 Those whom the men of power and privilege..have rendered reliefless in their wretchedness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reliefless
释义	relieflessadj. Brit. /rᵻˈliːflᵻs/, U.S. /rəˈliflᵻs/, /riˈliflᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: relief n.², -less suffix. Etymology: < relief n.² + -less suffix. Now rare. Devoid of relief; without relief. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of events, actions, etc. unbootlyc1225 uncurablea1340 bootlessa1375 incurable1377 unremediablea1382 irreparablea1420 irrecuperable1430 unrecuperable?a1439 unrecoverable1461 unrecurable1465 remedilessa1513 remedeless1523 unrecompensablea1530 inemendable1532 immedicable1533 irrecoverablec1540 insanable1547 irremediable1547 irrecurable1548 unredeemable1551 cureless1557 unreparable1568 unrepairable1576 unmendable1584 unrelievablea1586 remedless1590 recurelessa1592 irrepairable1594 unrecovered1598 irremediless1602 unredressable1607 unsalvable1624 unrallied1651 reliefless1677 irrelievable1797 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > of persons: beyond cure or remedy remedilessa1500 unrecurable1597 insanable1657 irrecoverable1708 unredeemable1813 reliefless1852 incurable1879 1677 J. Howe Reconcileableness God's Prescience 5 The..reliefless shift of involving one-self in greater [argument]. 1686 N. Tate tr. G. Fracastoro Syphilis 27 They Brib'd and Pray'd, yet still reliefless lay. c1730 R. Savage Epist. Sir R. Walpole 166 The tale pathetic speaks some wretch that owes To some deficient law reliefless woes. 1736 A. Hill tr. Voltaire Alzira ii. 15 Screen my Soul From the reliefless Rage of un-felt Curses. 1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 23 Alone reliefless in thy cold distress. 1860 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters V. 216 Hopeless, reliefless, eternal, the sorrow shall be met. 1872 ‘M. Twain’ Roughing It lvi. 408 Close at hand, too, there is a reliefless and relentless smell of pitch and turpentine. 1972 R. T. Golembiewski Renewing Organizations 3 A traveler in time..finds his sense of a cultural home kaleidoscopically changing... Future shock is reliefless in this basic sense. 1992 J. E. Jackson Bold, Bad '60s x. 118 Those whom the men of power and privilege..have rendered reliefless in their wretchedness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1677
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