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41Fruitlessly — Fruitless Fruit less, a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; …
42Fruitlnessness — Fruitless Fruit less, a. 1. Lacking, or not bearing, fruit; barren; destitute of offspring; as, a fruitless tree or shrub; a fruitless marriage. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless; unprofitable; …
43Sleeveless — Sleeve less, a. [AS. sl[=e]fle[ a]s.] 1. Having no sleeves. [1913 Webster] 2. Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] Shak. [1913 Webster] The vexation of a sleeveless errand. Bp. Warburton.… …
44Slipslop — Slip slop , n. [A reduplication of slop.] Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing. [1913 Webster] …
45to go down the drain — drained drained adj. having lost much energy or emotion from vigorous activity; of people; as, the day s events left her completely drained of strength. [WordNet 1.5] 2. having resources completely depleted. Syn: depleted. [WordNet 1.5] 3. having …
46To make a fool of — Fool Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of… …
47To play the fool — Fool Fool, n. [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. {Folly}, {Follicle}.] 1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of… …
48To wage battle — Wage Wage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin… …
49To wage one's law — Wage Wage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Waged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Waging}.] [OE. wagen, OF. wagier, gagier, to pledge, promise, F. gager to wager, lay, bet, fr. LL. wadium a pledge; of Teutonic origin; cf. Goth. wadi a pledge, gawadj[=o]n to pledge, akin… …
50Unprofited — Un*prof it*ed, a. Profitless. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …