Remedilessness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Remediless \Re*med"i*less\ (r?-m?d"?-l?s or r?m"?-d?-l?s; 277),
     a.
     1. Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or
        corrected; incurable; irreparable; as, a remediless
        mistake or loss. "Chains remedilesse." --Spenser.
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              Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. --Milton.
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     2. Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual. [Obs.]
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              Forced to forego the attempt remediless. --Spenser.
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     Syn: Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable;
          irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.
          [1913 Webster] -- {Re*med"i*less}, adv. [Obs.] --Udall.
          -- {Re*med"i*less*ly}, adv. -- {Re*med"i*less*ness}, n.
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