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单词 accountless
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accountlessadj.

Brit. /əˈkaʊntləs/, U.S. /əˈkaʊn(t)ləs/
Forms: see account n. and -less suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: account n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < account n. + -less suffix. With sense 2 compare countless adj.
1. Free from accountableness; irresponsible. Obsolete. rare.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > [adjective] > not responsible or accountable
uncountablea1475
intaxable1631
unresponsal1633
irresponsal1637
accountless1649
irresponsible1649
unchargeable1649
unquestionable1649
unresponsible1653
unaccountable1677
irresponsive1884
unanswerable1884
1649 J. Harrison Nahash Redivivus 18 How else should they hope for the great Offices at Court, the opportunity of Bribery in the Bed-chamber, the prodigal, and accountless waste of the privy Purse, for the relief of their Beggery; unto which, to compel their King, they know the best of all men, by their unblushing importunities.
1655 J. Shirley Polititian i. i Accountless liberty Is ruin of whole families.
2. Beyond count or reckoning; countless, innumerable. Obsolete. rare.
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the world > relative properties > number > enumeration, reckoning, or calculation > [adjective] > innumerable or unreckonable
untellinga1300
unnumberablea1382
unnumerable?a1425
innumberable1434
intellable1537
numberless1573
uncountable1582
innumeral1585
countless1593
incomputable1606
sumlessa1616
unreckonable1647
accountless?1650
unsummable1667
uncomputable1678
unaccountablea1699
unenumerated1799
unenumerable1895
the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [adjective] > too numerous to be counted
innumerable1340
unaimablea1382
infinitec1405
innumerousc1540
sans nombre1550
untolda1586
unreckonable1647
accountless?1650
myriad1654
myriaded1667
legion1687
myriad1765
dunnamany1836
myriadfold1874
?1650 Don Bellianis of Greece 54 Yielding the accountless thanks of dutiful servitors at your command.
3. Having no account, esp. a bank or other financial account; characterized by the lack of an account. Now rare.
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1714 R. North Gentleman Accomptant 101 This course is used by the Corn-Merchants and great Traders, that Traffick with Countrymen, who are accomptless.
1841 R. W. Emerson Let. 16 May (1966) I. 400 They then affirmed that they would let me have the statement as early as the 12th, that I might have time, here in my accompt-less bushes, to have the same copied.
1851 Daily News 12 Mar. 4/2 The same cabinet confidently reposing in the belief that the Woods and Forests humbug could go on in the old jog-trot, accountless, auditless, profitless.
1903 Iola (Kansas) Daily Reg. 19 Mar. 2/3 Mr. Ceyes..has departed, leaving some reminders behind in the way of accountless checks.
1998 R. E. Litan & J. Rauch Amer. Finance for 21st Cent. v. 175 Accountless families are also more likely to be headed by someone who is single, unemployed, or female.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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