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sleeveless |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sleeveless \Sleeve"less\, a. [AS. sl?fle['a]s.] 1. Having no sleeves. 2. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] --Shak. The vexation of a sleeveless errand. --Bp. Warburton From WordNet r 1.6 [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}]
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