Rescueless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without rescue or release.

    "Nobody answeres the phone at Blood Island, so us Negresses are consigned to sit rescueless amid the smell of squandered blood, bowel movements, and disinfectant in a hospital my mother refused to give birth in and Eddie refused to die in."

Example

More examples

"Nobody answeres the phone at Blood Island, so us Negresses are consigned to sit rescueless amid the smell of squandered blood, bowel movements, and disinfectant in a hospital my mother refused to give birth in and Eddie refused to die in."

Etymology

From rescue + -less.

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