devicelessadj.

Etymology: formed as device n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈviceless.

Without a device (in various senses: see the noun). Also [after Greek ἀμήχανος] , against which no device avails.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable

uneschewablec1374

unscapablea1382

ineschewable1412

inevitablec1430

intreatable1509

unevitable1539

forcible1574

inextricable1576

unavoidable1577

resistless1590

unshunning1593

unavoided1597

inexorable1600

unpreventablea1601

fatal1605

irrenitible1605

unvoided1612

unescapable1614

shunlessa1616

unshunnablea1616

ineluctable1623

unpreventible1632

undefensablea1642

undeclinable1652

indeclinable1658

ineludible1662

avoidlessa1668

inavoidable1670

infrustrable1677

unhinderable1678

wardless1693

unfrustrable1714

unparryable1770

inescapable1792

inexcludible1817

unproscribable1817

unprecludible1825

undeliverable1843

inevasible1846

scapeless1850

deviceless1851

escapeless1855

unevadable1857

ineliminable1875

inavertible1885

unavertible1897

voidless1908

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > lacking ingenuity or cleverness

uncrafty1483

uningenious1769

uncontriving1774

unclever1775

deviceless1851

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective]

feeblec1275

demeanc1380

unnoblec1384

coarse1424

colourlessc1425

passable1489

meana1500

indifferent1532

plain1539

so-so1542

mediocre1586

ordinary1590

fameless1611

middling1652

middle-rate1658

ornery1692

so-soish1819

nohow1828

betwixt and between1832

indifferential1836

null1847

undazzling1855

deviceless1884

uncompetitive1885

tug1890

run of the mill1919

serviceable1920

dim1958

spammy1959

comme ci, comme ça1968

vanilla1972

meh2007

1851 M. Arnold Lett. (1932) 118 We are growing old, and advancing towards the deviceless darkness.

1866 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive Pref. 27 To teach that there is no device in the grave may..make the deviceless person more contented in his dulness.

1884 H. D. Traill New Lucian 130 That coin of language which..has been worn down to an unmeaning counter, deviceless and legendless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	deviceless
释义	devicelessadj. Etymology: formed as device n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: deˈviceless. Without a device (in various senses: see the noun). Also [after Greek ἀμήχανος] , against which no device avails. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > [adjective] > inevitable uneschewablec1374 unscapablea1382 ineschewable1412 inevitablec1430 intreatable1509 unevitable1539 forcible1574 inextricable1576 unavoidable1577 resistless1590 unshunning1593 unavoided1597 inexorable1600 unpreventablea1601 fatal1605 irrenitible1605 unvoided1612 unescapable1614 shunlessa1616 unshunnablea1616 ineluctable1623 unpreventible1632 undefensablea1642 undeclinable1652 indeclinable1658 ineludible1662 avoidlessa1668 inavoidable1670 infrustrable1677 unhinderable1678 wardless1693 unfrustrable1714 unparryable1770 inescapable1792 inexcludible1817 unproscribable1817 unprecludible1825 undeliverable1843 inevasible1846 scapeless1850 deviceless1851 escapeless1855 unevadable1857 ineliminable1875 inavertible1885 unavertible1897 voidless1908 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > lacking ingenuity or cleverness uncrafty1483 uningenious1769 uncontriving1774 unclever1775 deviceless1851 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > mediocrity > [adjective] feeblec1275 demeanc1380 unnoblec1384 coarse1424 colourlessc1425 passable1489 meana1500 indifferent1532 plain1539 so-so1542 mediocre1586 ordinary1590 fameless1611 middling1652 middle-rate1658 ornery1692 so-soish1819 nohow1828 betwixt and between1832 indifferential1836 null1847 undazzling1855 deviceless1884 uncompetitive1885 tug1890 run of the mill1919 serviceable1920 dim1958 spammy1959 comme ci, comme ça1968 vanilla1972 meh2007 1851 M. Arnold Lett. (1932) 118 We are growing old, and advancing towards the deviceless darkness. 1866 J. Ruskin Crown Wild Olive Pref. 27 To teach that there is no device in the grave may..make the deviceless person more contented in his dulness. 1884 H. D. Traill New Lucian 130 That coin of language which..has been worn down to an unmeaning counter, deviceless and legendless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1851
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