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Sleeveless

//ˈsliːvlɪs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Of a garment, having no sleeves. not-comparable

    "She wore a short surcoat of scarlet, cut low around the shoulders, sleeveless, reaching just below her hips, like the tabards worn by medieval heralds. Over it she wore a laced-edged cotta."

  2. 2
    Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; useless. not-comparable, obsolete

    "a sleeveless errand"

Adjective
  1. 1
    unproductive of success wordnet
  2. 2
    having no sleeves wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English slevelees, sleveles, from Old English slīeflēas (“sleeveless”), equivalent to sleeve + -less.

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