bootless

• And so he stumbled on, damning whatever fates had brought him here so ill-prepared: as his bootless shoes sank foot-deep into the snow; as the rain soaked through his light cotton jacket; as his frostbitten fingers grew colder, harder, paler. —  F ;SF; - vol 090 issue 04 - April 1996
• It is impossible and bootless, to weigh the comparative degree of culpability involved in breaches of orders which cannot be justified. —  The Life of Nelson, Vol. II
• Thus we all felt that the expedition would be bootless, as we had utterly failed to obtain tidings of those of whom we were in search Captain Norton now determined to take two of the best horses, one for himself and the other for a companion, and push on to Fort King, trusting to their speed to escape any enemies they might fall in with. —  In the Wilds of Florida A Tale of Warfare and Hunting
• "What is good for a bootless bene?" —  The Gypsies
• But make a wiser wish His admonition ceas'd, but all advice Was bootless: still his resolution holds To guide the chariot still his bosom burns The sire, his every effort vain, at length Forth to the lofty car, Vulcanian gift Brings the rash youth. —  The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I ; II

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