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Synonyms for bootless

  • adjective

Most common

useless futile fruitless ineffectual

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Adjective

1. Vain — profitless; pointless; unavailing

vain, futile, fruitless, ineffectual, useless, void, worthless, unsuccessful, idle, ineffective, unproductive, unprofitable, abortive, unavailing, nugatory, profitless, otiose, sleeveless, pointless, meaningless, sterile, barren

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Profitless; pointless; unavailing.

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Bootless, Fruitless, Profitless, Abortive, Ineffectual or Unavailing?

That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish.

J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)

Example sentences

  • useless There's nothing in here but a lot of useless junk.
  • futile When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
  • fruitless After three fruitless attempts, he tried one last time.
  • ineffectual My efforts seemed ineffectual.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bootlesssteady
uselesssteady
futilesteady
fruitlesssteady
ineffectualsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
void1, vain1, idle2
6 letters
futile2, barren2, otiose3
7 letters
useless2, sterile2
8 letters
abortive3, nugatory4
9 letters
pointless2, worthless2, fruitless2
10 letters
sleeveless2, unavailing4, profitless
11 letters
ineffective4, meaningless3, ineffectual5
12 letters
unsuccessful4, unproductive4, unprofitable5

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (idle2 = 2 syllables).