Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without goods or property; destitute.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective obsolete Having no goods.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Without goods or property; destitute.
  • adjective Worthless.
  • adjective Lacking or devoid of good or goodness.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

From Middle English godles ("poor, without goods or property"), from Old English gōdlēas ("without good, miserable, bad, evil"), equivalent to good +‎ -less.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word goodless.

Examples

  • If only for the possibilities this presents: hello green town. ok what u got 4 nicknames? make um goodless than a minute ago via Twitter for iPhoneTHE_REAL_SHAQ

    Shaq signing with Celtics makes a winner out of David Stern 2010

  • Please someone please pick up k-town the korean jersey shore oh please it looks so goodless than a minute ago via txtMargaret Cho margaretcho

    Jezebel 2010

  • So don’t keep me now for a good boy for the love of my fragrant saint, you villain, peppering with fear, my goodless graceless, or I’ll first murder you but, hvisper, meet me after by next appointment near you know Ships just there beside the Ship at the future poor fool’s circuts of lovemountjoy square to show my disrespects now, let me just your caroline for you, I must really so late.

    Finnegans Wake 2006

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.