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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bootless
Adjective
  • First responders also attempted to revive Riccardo, but were unsuccessful, the outlet added.
    Toria Sheffield, People.com, 12 July 2025
  • All attempts to resuscitate the man were unsuccessful, Park Service officials said.
    Julia Gomez, USA Today, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Go with the flow, but not toward the beach: Trying to swim directly toward the beach when caught in a rip current is futile and exhausting.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 6 July 2025
  • This group saw military responses as futile, as Iran was assumed to have escalation dominance.
    JAMES JEFFREY, Foreign Affairs, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • The price signals are useless because the government prohibited them from being useful.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 June 2025
  • The devices must also give consumers the option of deactivating such features, unless that action would render the device useless.
    Andrew Brown, Hartford Courant, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • The position advanced by the states is legally unavailing as a matter of longstanding and well-established law.
    WSJ, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • Efforts to aid him with lifeboats, three of which were ineffectually trying to breast the heavy sea, were unavailing, while a lifeline, held by a number of rescuers, was carried far out into the surf by a number of swimmers.
    sandiegouniontribune.com, sandiegouniontribune.com, 6 May 2018
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“Bootless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootless. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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