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BOOTLESS
bootless, fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain
(adjective) unproductive of success; “a fruitless search”; “futile years after her artistic peak”; “a sleeveless errand”; “a vain attempt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
bootless (not comparable)
Without boots.
Etymology 2
Adjective
bootless (comparative more bootless, superlative most bootless)
Profitless; pointless; unavailing.
Synonyms
• fruitless
Source: Wiktionary
Boot"less, a. Etym: [From Boot profit.]
Definition: Unavailing; unprofitable; useless; without advantage or success. Chaucer. I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers. Shak.
– Boot"less*ly, adv.
– Boot"less*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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