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Sleeveless

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Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. Of a garment, having no sleeves.

adj. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Having no sleeves.

adj. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Having no sleeves; without sleeves: noting a garment.

Imperfect; inadequate; fruitless; unprofitable; bootless.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. having no sleeves

adj. unproductive of success

Word Usage

"Just as the train pulled out of the station, two really buff young men in what I call sleeveless undershirts and the younger generation calls "wife beaters" turned on a boom box and began dancing and performing acrobatics as the train roared past the local stations."

Equivalent

unproductive

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

unreasonable profitless bootless useless

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

short-sleeved woolen low-cut knee-length close-fitting maroon baggy navy-blue quilted high-necked