BOOTLESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

bootless

adjective

ˈbüt-ləs

Definition of bootless

as in unsuccessful

producing no results a bootless effort to get tickets to the sold-out game

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Adjective

Kasdin said, up to now, efforts to negotiate with the residents on Fifth Street have been unsuccessful.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 25 Sep. 2026
Coulter, Hatten, Jones and McMichales all brought unsuccessful challenges against Wilson during last April’s municipal election.

— Olivia Stevens, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsuccessful

Adjective

Before the court fight was launched, Edwin Benn, the arbitrator who oversaw 2023 contract negotiations between the city and FOP, warned the City Council that any attempt to undermine his award to the union would be futile.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
It’s also brilliantly written as a futile, pathetic rebellion by men with zero agency or purpose in their own lives.

— Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of futile

Adjective

On Saturday, Durant reaffirmed his stance that the question of his and other superstars’ effort was an unavailing narrative to explore every February.

— Devon Henderson, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law.

— WSJ, WSJ, 25 July 2018

Definition of unavailing

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