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bootless

English

Etymology 1

From boot +? -less.

Adjective

bootless (not comparable)

  1. Without boots.

Etymology 2

From Middle English boteles, botles, from Old English b?tl?as; equivalent to boot (profit; use; behoof) +? -less. Doublet of botleas.

Alternative forms

  • boteless

Adjective

bootless (comparative more bootless, superlative most bootless)

  1. Profitless; pointless; unavailing.
    • 1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet XXIX:
      When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, / I all alone beweep my outcast state / And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries

Synonyms

  • fruitless

Derived terms

  • bootlessly
  • bootlessness

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unimportant

English

Etymology

un- +? important

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /??n?m?p??t?nt/
  • (rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /??n?m?po(?)?t?nt/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horsehoarse merger) IPA(key): /??n?m?po?.t?nt/

Adjective

unimportant (comparative more unimportant, superlative most unimportant)

  1. petty; not important or noteworthy
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:insignificant
    Antonym: important

Derived terms

  • unimportantly

Related terms

  • unimportance

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