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attemptless

attemptless adjective: not making or not having made an attempt.

Adjective

attemptless (not comparable)

  1. Not making or not having made an attempt.
    • Why then Caſanes ſhall we wiſh for ought
      The world affoords in greateſt noueltie,
      And reſt attemptleſſe faint and deſtitute?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...

Origin of attemptless

From attempt + -less.

Questions about attemptless

What does attemptless mean?
Attemptless means not making or not having made an attempt.
What part of speech is attemptless?
Attemptless is an adjective.

Words near attemptless in the dictionary

  1. attempters
  2. attemptest
  3. attempteth
  4. attempting
  5. attemptive
  6. attemptless
  7. Attempto Controlled English
  8. attempts
  9. attenable
  10. Attenborough
  11. Attenborough's long-beaked echidna

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