bootlessness

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Noun
  • Vintage Mirrors Layered on Surfaces Instead of hanging every mirror, try leaning a smaller antique mirror on a console, vanity, or shelf behind other objects.
    Michelle Mastro, The Spruce, 20 June 2026
  • The bathroom had a roomy tub, large shower, double vanity and very good lighting.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • But one series with four minutes remaining highlighted the fruitlessness of this effort.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • In those cases, unprofitability was as much the story as safety, if not more.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026
  • The head of Amazon’s devices and services unit, Panos Panay, has been working to reverse years of unprofitability in the division.
    Greg Bensinger, USA Today, 20 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The growing calls for accountability come as a local animal rescue founder has filed a lawsuit against the City of San Jose, alleging serious deficiencies in shelter operations.
    Maddie White, CBS News, 19 June 2026
  • Iron and vitamin D deficiencies can both cause fatigue, but iron deficiency tends to have a more direct and noticeable effect on energy, especially in women with heavy periods.
    Sara Hoffman, Verywell Health, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • That statement stood in stark contrast to the longstanding stodginess of the Kings, which dissipated into flat-out ineffectiveness under Jim Hiller for three quarters of last season until he was sacked.
    Andrew Knoll, Daily News, 11 June 2026
  • Brunson’s ineffectiveness throughout the night.
    Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 9 June 2026
Noun
  • Shunammite, once so determined to get her period, is staring down the possibility of barrenness and, in Gilead, that means spinsterhood.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 27 May 2026
  • Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Caroline’s anguish and her ineffectuality at making progress in finding Gabriel make for some frustrating moments as a reader.
    John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The impunity of the powerful was measured by the inefficacy of the outraged.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2026
  • When on day five of his mayoralty Zohran Mamdani acknowledged the inefficacy of homeless sweeps and avowed to end them, street homeless adults, advocates, and attorneys rejoiced.
    Deborah Berkman, New York Daily News, 24 Feb. 2026
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“Bootlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootlessness. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.

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