bootless

adjective

ˈbüt-ləs How to pronounce bootless (audio)
Definition of bootlessnext
as in unsuccessful
producing no results a bootless effort to get tickets to the sold-out game

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  1. unsuccessful
  2. futile
  3. useless
  4. unavailing
Adjective
  • School’s Punishment of Black Student Suspended Over Hairstyle Doesn’t Violate the Law, Judge Rules Sawicki, who is representing the plaintiff, told the Dallas Morning News that efforts to settle the case out of court were unsuccessful, which led to the filing of the lawsuit.
    David Chiu, People.com, 27 Dec. 2024
  • An attempt to steal an ATM inside the store was unsuccessful.
    Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024
Definition of unsuccessful
Adjective
  • With dwindling options, Iran also withdrew its allied militias, recognizing that fighting for Assad would be futile.
    Natasha Hall, Foreign Affairs, 9 Dec. 2024
  • This prospect seems likely because the ACLU is poised to pursue the case if the government drops out, making withdrawal by the new Trump administration potentially futile.
    Catherine Cole, CBS News, 22 Nov. 2024
Definition of futile
Adjective
  • This is a fashion collab designed for women’s bodies to be looked at, but the functionality is useless.
    Jamie Aranoff, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
  • It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of useless
Adjective
  • The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law.
    WSJ, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • Efforts to aid him with lifeboats, three of which were ineffectually trying to breast the heavy sea, were unavailing, while a lifeline, held by a number of rescuers, was carried far out into the surf by a number of swimmers.
    sandiegouniontribune.com, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
Definition of unavailing
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“Bootless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootless. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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