bootlessness

English

Etymology

From bootless +‎ -ness; see boot (“profit”).

Noun

bootlessness (uncountable)

1. (archaic) The quality of being unavailing or unprofitable.
2. The state of being bootless (without boots)

References

• “bootless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.