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effectless, a.|ɛˈfɛktlɪs|
[f. effect n. + -less.]
Without effect, fruitless: also quasi-adv.
1588Shakes. Tit. A. iii. i. 76 Ile chop off my hands..they haue seru'd me to effectlesse vse. 1673O. Walker Education 8 Both Capacity and Instruction are effectles without practise and exercise. 1755T. H. Croker Orl. Furioso xiv. lxxiii, Nor were his fervent prayers effectless said. 1815W. Taylor in Robberds Mem. II. 459 Silence alike improbable and effectless. 1851Ruskin Mod. Paint. II. iii. i. v. §5 The sun itself at noonday is effectless upon the feelings. |