bootlessnessn.
Uselessness; unprofitableness.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [noun] > uselessness or unproductiveness
fruitlessness1615
sterility1661
profitlessness1822
bootlessness1830
unfruitfulness1850
resultlessness1852
1830 Blackwood's Mag. 27 472 Which beguile the weariness of the journey, and make us sometimes forget its bootlessness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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