adjective
- useless; without benefit or advantage; futile
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- His bootless attempts to fix the engine only made things worse.
- The committee’s bootless efforts to reach a compromise frustrated everyone.
- She realized her bootless pursuit of perfection was causing unnecessary stress.
- The lawyer’s bootless arguments failed to convince the jury.
- After hours of bootless searching, they gave up looking for the lost keys.
- The bootless negotiations ended without any agreement.