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6 words match “PROFITLESS”

PROFITLESS a.
Without profit; unprofitable. Shak.
FOOL n.
tached, formerly worn by professional jesters. -- Fool's errand, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure or undertaking. -- Fool's gold, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in color. -- Fool's paradise, a name applied to a limbo (see under Limbo) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. H…
SLEEVELESS a.
Wanting a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable; profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] Shak. The vexation of a sleeveless errand. Bp. Warburton.
SLIPSLOP n.
Weak, poor, or flat liquor; weak, profitless discourse or writing.
UNPROFITED a.
Profitless. [R.] Shak.
WAGE v.
azard. "Too weak to wage an instant trial with the king." Shak. To wake and wage a danger profitless. Shak.