EFFECTLESS

  

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EFFECTLESS

Definition: EFFECTLESS

EFFECTLESS

Adjective

1. Without effect or advantage; useless; bootless.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "EFFECTLESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1594. (references)

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Crosswords: EFFECTLESS

Etymologies containing "EFFECTLESS": Feckless. (references)

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Modern Translations: EFFECTLESS

Language Translations for "EFFECTLESS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i paefektshëm (feckless, ineffective, inefficacious, inefficient, inoperative). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

неефективен (ineffective). (various references)

   

Czech

  

neúèinný (ineffective, inoperative, pointless, unavailing). (various references)

   

German

  

fruchtlos (barren, fruitless, ineffective, ineffectively, unfertile, unfruitful, unlucky). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

hatástalan (futile, inconclusive, ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inoperative, non-effective, nugatory, of no effect, weak). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

effectlessay.(various references)

   

Russian 

  

безрезультатный (ineffective, ineffectual, inefficient, negative). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

bez efekta. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không tác dụng không tác động, không hiệu quả, không có kết quả không hiệu lực, không ảnh hưởng; không ấn tượng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "EFFECTLESS"

Words rhyming with "EFFECTLESS" (pronounced 'Ef*fect"less'): Actless, Ageless, Aidless, Aimless, Airless, Aisless, Approachless, Armless, Artless, Assistless, Avoidless, Awless, Awnless, Backless, Badgeless, Barkless, Baseless, Bashless, Bateless, Beamless, Beardless, Birthless, Bitless, Blameless, Blissless, Bloodless, Bloomless, Blotless, Blushless, Boastless, Boneless, Bookless, Bootless, Boteless, Boundless, Bournless, Bowless, Bractless, Bragless, Brainless, Branchless, Breadless, Breadthless, Breathless, Breezeless, Bribeless, Bridgeless, Briefless, Brimless, Browless, Bushless, Careless, Chaffless, Chainless, Changeless, Chapeless, Chapless, Chargeless, Charmless, Chartless, Checkless, Cheerless, Chiefless, Christless, Churchless, Claimless, Clankless, Clawless, Clerkless, Cloudless, Cloyless, Coatless, Combless, Conceitless, Contentless, Corruptless, Costless, Couchless, Countless, Craftless, Creedless, Crestless, Crimeless, Crownless, Cubless, Curbless, Curdless, Cureless, Dateless, Dauntless, Deathless, Debtless, Deceitless, Decreaseless, Deedless, Defenseless, Delightless, Denseless, Depthless, Desertless, Designless, Desireless, Devoutless, Dewless, Diskless, Disputeless, Distrustless, Divorceless, Dogeless, Doorless, Dreamless, Driftless, Drinkless, Drossless, Ductless, Dureless, Dustless, Earless, Easeless, Edgeless, Endless, Eventless, Exceptless, Excuseless, Exhaustless, Expenseless, Extremeless, Eyeless, Fadeless, Faithless, Fameless, Fangless, Faultless, Fearless, Feckless, Feetless, Fenceless, Fineless, Finless, Fireless, Firmless, Flameless, flawless, Fleckless, Fleeceless, Fleshless, Floorless, foamless, Fogless, Foldless, foodless, footless, forceless, Fordless, Forkless, formless, Fraudless, Freightless, FRIENDLESS, Frightless, Fringeless, Frockless, Frontless, Frostless, Frothless, Frounceless, fruitless, Fumeless, Funuless, Gainless, Gameless, Gateless, Gaudless, Germless, Ghostless, Glebeless, godless, Goldless, Goodless, graceless, Grapeless, Graspless, grassless, Graveless, Griefless, groundless, Guardless, Guideless, guileless, guiltless, Gustless, hairless, handless, hapless, harmless, hatless, Haveless, Hazeless, headless, Healthless, heartless, heatless, Hedgeless, heedless, Heelless, Heirless, Helmless, helpless, Herbless, Hingeless, Hireless, Hiveless, homeless, Hoodless, Hoofless, hopeless, hornless, Horseless, Hostless, HOUSELESS, hueless, Humpless, Hurtless, Importless, Irresistless, Itchless, Jointless, joyless, juiceless, Kindless, Kingless, Knightless, Knotless, Lampless, landless, lawless, leafless, Leaveless, legless, lidless, lifeless, lightless, limbless, lipless, listless, Lockless, lossless, loveless, luckless, Lungless, Lustless, Makeless, Maneless, Manless, matchless, mateless, meatless, Mightless, mindless, mirthless, Mistrustless, Moistless, moonless, Mouthless, Museless, Nailless, Nameless, Napless, Nathless, nerveless, Nightless, Noiseless, Noseless, Noteless, Oarless, Offenseless, Opposeless, Painless, Paintless, Palpless, Paneless, Pangless, Passless, Pathless, Peaceless, Peerless, Phaseless, Phraseless, Pieceless, Pithless, Placeless, Plagueless, Plaintless, Planless, Plantless, Pledgeless, Pluckless, Plumeless, Pointless, Poleless, Praiseless, Prayerless, Pretenseless, Priceless, Prideless, Priestless, Princeless, Proofless, Pulseless, Quenchless, Rainless, rayless, Reachless, Realmless, Rechless, reckless, Reclaimless, Recureless, Redeless, Redressless, Reedless, regardless, Reinless, relentless, Reliefless, remorseless, Renownless, Repentless, Reproachless, Repulseless, Reputeless, resistless, resourceless, Respectless, Responseless, restless, Resultless, Retchless, Returnless, Revengeless, Reverseless, Rewardless, rhymeless, Rhythmless, ribless, Rightless, Rindless, roadless, Rockless, roofless, Roomless, rootless, Ruleless, Rumpless, rustless, Sackless, Sailless, Saltless, sapless, Sateless, scaleless, Scapeless, Scarless, Scathless, scentless, Schismless, seamless, Searchless, Seatless, seedless, Seemless, selfless, senseless, sexless, Shadeless, shameless, shapeless, Sheathless, Shieldless, shiftless, Shipless, Shirtless, shoeless, Shoreless, Shredless, Shroudless, Shrubless, Shunless, Sickless, sightless, sinless, Skinless, Slakeless, sleepless, sleeveless, Smileless, Smockless, smokeless, Snowless, Sockless. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EFFECTLESS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-e-e-e-f-f-l-s-s-t"

-2 letters: celestes, feetless.

-3 letters: celeste, effects, feeless, fleeces, selects, teleses.

-4 letters: clefts, effect, effete, elects, fleece, fleets, lessee, select, sleets, steels, steles.

-5 letters: celts, cetes, clefs, cleft, elect, feces, feels, felts, fesse, fetes, flees, fleet, leets, lefts, sects, seels, selfs, sleet, steel, stele, teels, teffs, teles.

 Words containing the letters "c-e-e-e-f-f-l-s-s-t"
 

+3 letters: effectualness.

 

+4 letters: affectlessness.

 

+5 letters: effectualnesses, ineffectualness, kaffeeklatsches.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EFFECTLESS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 46 46 45 43 54 4C 45 53 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    ..-.    ..-.    .    -.-.    -    .-..    .    ...    ...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01000110 01000110 01000101 01000011 01010100 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#70 &#70 &#69 &#67 &#84 &#76 &#69 &#83 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0046 0046 0045 0043 0054 004C 0045 0053 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39404039375446395353

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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