dolessadj.

/ˈduːlɪs/

Forms: Also doeless, do-less.

Etymology: < do v. + -less suffix: apparently sometimes confused with dowless adj.

dialect and colloquial.

Inactive, inefficient, without energy; good for nothing, useless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > doing nothing

deedless1609

doless1788

1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 148 Hard is the fate o' ony doless tyke, That's forc'd to marry ane he disna like.

1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. xii. 135 Sae casten down, doless, and dowie.

1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Doless, inefficient. ‘He's a doless sort of fellow.’

1875 B. Taylor Home Pastorals 64 But they're a doless set.

1876 T. E. Brown Doctor 12 A doeless sort of a woman.

1891 R. Mulholland Haunted Organist 229 It's the poor do-less pair we'd be only for our Ailsie, that's han's an' feet to us both.

1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind lv. 949 He's just a piddling, do-less, good-for-nothing.

1949 M. Mead Male & Female xv. 324 Too lazy, too do-less, to make an effort.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	doless
释义	dolessadj. /ˈduːlɪs/ Forms: Also doeless, do-less. Etymology: < do v. + -less suffix: apparently sometimes confused with dowless adj. dialect and colloquial. Inactive, inefficient, without energy; good for nothing, useless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > doing nothing deedless1609 doless1788 1788 E. Picken Poems & Epist. 148 Hard is the fate o' ony doless tyke, That's forc'd to marry ane he disna like. 1823 J. Galt Ringan Gilhaize I. xii. 135 Sae casten down, doless, and dowie. 1860 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 3) Doless, inefficient. ‘He's a doless sort of fellow.’ 1875 B. Taylor Home Pastorals 64 But they're a doless set. 1876 T. E. Brown Doctor 12 A doeless sort of a woman. 1891 R. Mulholland Haunted Organist 229 It's the poor do-less pair we'd be only for our Ailsie, that's han's an' feet to us both. 1936 M. Mitchell Gone with the Wind lv. 949 He's just a piddling, do-less, good-for-nothing. 1949 M. Mead Male & Female xv. 324 Too lazy, too do-less, to make an effort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1788
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