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Webster 1913 Edition

Remediless

Re-med′i-less

(r?-m?d′?-l?s or r?m′?-d?-l?s; 277)
,
Adj.
1.
Not admitting of a remedy; incapable of being restored or corrected; incurable; irreparable;
as, a
remediless
mistake or loss
.
“Chains remedilesse.”
Spenser.
Hopeless are all my evils, all
remediless
.
Milton.
2.
Not answering as a remedy; ineffectual.
[Obs.]
Forced to forego the attempt
remediless
.
Spenser.
Syn. – Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.
–
Re-med′i-less
,
adv.
[Obs.]
Udall.
–
Re-med′i-less-ly
,
adv.
–
Re-med′i-less-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Remediless

REMED'ILESS

,
Adj.
[In modern books, the accent is placed on the first syllable, which would be well if there were no derivatives; but remedilessly, remedilessness, require the accent on the second syllable.]
1.
Not admitting a remedy; incurable; desperate; as a remediless disease.
2.
Irreparable; as, a loss or damage is remediless.
3.
Not admitting change or reversal; as a remediless doom.
4.
Not admitting recovery; as a remediless delusion.

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