Sleeveless

2 definitions found

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

  Sleeveless \Sleeve"less\, a. [AS. sl[=e]fle['a]s.]
     1. Having no sleeves.
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     2. Lacking a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable;
        profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] --Shak.


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              The vexation of a sleeveless errand.  --Bp.
                                                    Warburton.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sleeveless
       adj 1: having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses" [ant: {sleeved}]
       2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
          after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
          attempt" [syn: {bootless}, {fruitless}, {futile}, {vain}]