a. Without a base; having no foundation or support. “The baseless fabric of this vision.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. 1. Self-originating; uncreated. [ 1913 Webster ]
My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Without cause or reason. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being causeless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without pause or end; incessant. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. Without intermission or end. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Suffering no decrease. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
It [ the river ] flows and flows, and yet will flow,
Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected.
a. Without ease. Donne. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no excuse; not admitting of excuse or apology. Whillock. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without cost or expense. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Being without a horse; specif., not requiring a horse; -- said of certain vehicles in which horse power has been replaced by electricity, steam, etc.;
a. Destitute of the shelter of a house; shelterless; homeless;
n. The state of being houseless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unregardful of the Muses; disregarding the power of poetry; unpoetical. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Making, or causing, no noise or bustle; without noise; silent;
So noiseless would I live. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Destitute of a nose. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Unoffending; inoffensive.
a. Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. [ Obs. ] “Your great opposeless wills.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without a phase, or visible form. [ R. ] “A phaseless and increasing gloom.” Poe. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Indescribable. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Without praise or approbation. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Not having or making pretenses. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no pulsation; lifeless. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The state of being pulseless. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having no purpose or result; objectless. Bp. Hall. --
a. Being without remorse; having no pity; hence, destitute of sensibility; cruel; insensible to distress; merciless. “Remorseless adversaries.” South. “With remorseless cruelty.” Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Not capable of being repulsed. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Giving no response. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Irreversible. [ R. ] A. Seward. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Destitute of, deficient in, or contrary to, sense; without sensibility or feeling; unconscious; stupid; foolish; unwise; unreasonable. [ 1913 Webster ]
You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ears are senseless that should give us hearing. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The senseless grave feels not your pious sorrows. Rowe. [ 1913 Webster ]
They were a senseless, stupid race. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
They would repent this their senseless perverseness when it would be too late. Clarendon. [ 1913 Webster ]
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a. Destitute of a spouse; unmarried. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Pref. un- not (intensive) + remorseless. ] Utterly remorseless. [ Obs. & R. ] “Unremorseless death.” Cowley. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having, or being of, no use; unserviceable; producing no good end; answering no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual;
Not to sit idle with so great a gift
Useless, and thence ridiculous. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Useless are all words
Till you have writ “performance” with your swords.
The other is for waiving. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]
Waiving all searches into antiquity, in relation to this controversy, as being either needless or fruitless. Waterland. [ 1913 Webster ]
Even our blessed Savior's preaching, who spake as never man spake, was ineffectual to many. Bp. Stillingfleet. [ 1913 Webster ]
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