† unspeedfuladj.
Obsolete.
Unprofitable; of no avail.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > unavailing
gainlessc1175
speedless13..
unspeedfula1340
ineffectualc1425
frustratory1490
unvailablea1500
frustrate1529
uneffectual1548
unavailable1549
unfectual1549
bootless1559
dudgeon?1589
inavailable1650
unavailing1672
dud1914
a1340 R. Rolle Psalter cxxviii. 4 When þei..seme vnspedful in all þat þei did here.
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) v. pr. vi. 178 Prayeres, þat ne mowen nat ben vnspedful..whan þei ben ryȝtful.
c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 184 Ȝif þis handyl be wrong, it is vnspedefull to werke wyth.
1482 Monk of Evesham 29 Thy contynual prayer..may not be onspedeful before the presens and goodnes of god.
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Piii/2 Vnspeedful, inexpeditus.
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