adj.

Without advantage or benefit; useless. See synonyms at futile.

[BOOT² + –LESS.]

bootlessly boot'less·ly adv.

adjective

Having no useful result: barren, fruitless, futile, unavailing, unprofitable, unsuccessful, useless, vain. Idioms: in vain. See thrive/fail/exist, used/unused.

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The adjective has one meaning:

Meaning #1: unproductive of success
  Synonyms: fruitless, futile, sleeveless, vain

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - forgæves, nyttesløs, frugtesløs

Nederlands (Dutch)
nutteloos

Français (French)
adj. - sans bottes, infructueux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - nutzlos, ohne Stiefel

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ανώφελος, μάταιος

Italiano (Italian)
vano

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - inútil

Русский (Russian)
тщетный, бесполезный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - inútil, vano

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - fruktlös, till ingen nytta

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
不穿鞋的, 无用的, 无利可图的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 不穿鞋的, 無用的, 無利可圖的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 무익한, 쓸모없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 無益な, 無駄な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) حافي القدمين, دون جدوى‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מיותר, חסר תועלת‬

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