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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It could not be immediately determined if Harris has an attorney who could speak on his behalf, and efforts to reach his family by phone were unsuccessful.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Trump met with Kim three times for denuclearization talks during his first term in office that were ultimately unsuccessful.

— Aileen Graef, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of unsuccessful

Adjective

Stuart Bloom’s futile efforts to right the space-time continuum will continue.

— Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2026
The central legal debate in the last stretch leading up to Mangione’s trial has revolved around who will get to participate in this perhaps futile—though understandable—interpretive exercise.

— Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of futile

Adjective

Even the useless adults of The Shards would surely act quickly to arrest Robert with this much evidence.

— Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
Talarico calls Big Bend border wall 'useless' Democratic candidate James Talarico reacted to images of bulldozers at Big Bend in an X post.

— Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of useless

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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