actlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈaktləs/, U.S.

/ˈæk(t)ləs/

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

Etymology: < act n. + -less suffix.

Without action, inactive; without acts (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective]

deedless1598

actless1654

1654 H. B. tr. J. Böhme Four Tables sig. K3, in J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum Then is this Idea, or Spirit of the Soul, dumb and actless.

1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother i. i, in Wks. I. 21 A poor, young, actless, indigested thing, Whose utmost pride can only boast of youth And innocence.

1786 T. Paine Diss. Govt. 14 An Assembly..may fall into the error of passing such an Act..;—but it would be an actless Act, an Act that goes for nothing.

1858 T. J. Powys Poems (ed. 2) 60 Some charmless name Of Nature, some far, actless deity, Some fix'd, inexorable Force or Law.

1862 M. Seoane Dict. Spanish & Eng. Langs (new ed.) at Flojó Slack, remiss, lazy, slothful, negligent, actless, cold, cool, feckless, spiritless.

1922 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 33 63 Messer grants that sensations may appear, without acts, in the background of consciousness... Husserl..seems to accept the actless content.

1951 J. S. Redding On being Negro in Amer. viii. 58 I felt a certain shallow contempt for the emotionalism, the unreasoning bitterness and the actless anger of the soapbox radicals.

2007 Arts & Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 28 Dec. This actless, but action-packed drama.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	actless
释义	actlessadj. Brit. /ˈaktləs/, U.S. /ˈæk(t)ləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: act n., -less suffix. Etymology: < act n. + -less suffix. Without action, inactive; without acts (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] deedless1598 actless1654 1654 H. B. tr. J. Böhme Four Tables sig. K3, in J. Ellistone & J. Sparrow tr. J. Böhme Mysterium Magnum Then is this Idea, or Spirit of the Soul, dumb and actless. 1682 T. Southerne Loyal Brother i. i, in Wks. I. 21 A poor, young, actless, indigested thing, Whose utmost pride can only boast of youth And innocence. 1786 T. Paine Diss. Govt. 14 An Assembly..may fall into the error of passing such an Act..;—but it would be an actless Act, an Act that goes for nothing. 1858 T. J. Powys Poems (ed. 2) 60 Some charmless name Of Nature, some far, actless deity, Some fix'd, inexorable Force or Law. 1862 M. Seoane Dict. Spanish & Eng. Langs (new ed.) at Flojó Slack, remiss, lazy, slothful, negligent, actless, cold, cool, feckless, spiritless. 1922 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 33 63 Messer grants that sensations may appear, without acts, in the background of consciousness... Husserl..seems to accept the actless content. 1951 J. S. Redding On being Negro in Amer. viii. 58 I felt a certain shallow contempt for the emotionalism, the unreasoning bitterness and the actless anger of the soapbox radicals. 2007 Arts & Bk. Rev. (Nexis) 28 Dec. This actless, but action-packed drama. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1654
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