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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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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]
WordNet (r) 2.0
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