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Meaning of SLEEVELESS

Pronunciation:  'sleevlis

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"
  2. [adj]  having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses"
 

SLEEVELESS is a 10 letter word that starts with S.

 

 Synonyms: bootless, fruitless, futile, unproductive, vain
 
 Antonyms: sleeved
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\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.

 

 

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