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Having no track; marked by no footsteps; untrodden; as, a trackless desert. To climb the trackless mountain all unseen. Byron. -- Track"less*ly, adv.-Track"less*ness, n.

Having no trade or traffic. Young.

Destitute of traffic, or trade.

Destitute of trees. C. Kingsley.

Faitless; false; treacherous. Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky. Fairfax.

Without a truce; unforbearing. Two minds in one, and each a truceless guest. H. Brooke.

That may not be trusted; not worthy of trust; unfaithful. -- Trust"less*ness, n.

Devoid of truth; dishonest; dishonest; spurious; faithless. -- Truth"less*ness, n.

Without tune; inharmonious; unmusical. " Thy tuneless serenade." Cowley. How often have I led thy sportive choir, With tuneless pipe, beside the murmuring Loire! Goldsmith.

Destitute of turf.

Having no twigs.

Hence, without mother's milk; motherless; as, udderless lambs. [Poetic] Keats.

To deprive of blessings; to make wretched. [Obs.] Shak.

Not blest; excluded from benediction; hence, accursed; wretched. "Unblessed enchanter." Milton.

Upon any less condition than (the fact or thing stated in the sentence or clause which follows); if not; supposing that not; if it be not; were it not that; except; as, we shall fail unless we are industrious.

Utterly merciless. [Obs.] Joye.

Utterly remorseless. [Obs. & R.] "Unremorseless death." Cowley.

no valuable purpose; not advancing the end proposed; unprofitable; ineffectual; as, a useless garment; useless pity. Not to sit idle with so great a gift Useless, and thence ridiculous. Milton.

Destitute of an usher. Marston.

Incapable of being uttered. [Obs.] A clamoring debate of utterless things. Milton.