optionlessadj.
/ˈɒpʃnlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈɑpʃənləs/ Having no options or choices.
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the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > [adjective] > that is a matter of choice > without choice
choiceless1654
optionless1830
1830 J. Galt Southennan III. xxv. 196 Wherefore is it that I am placed in such optionless jeopardy?
1908 T. Hardy Dynasts: Pt. 3rd i. i. 4 The hunger for embranglement That gnaws this man, has left us optionless, And haled us recklessly to horrid war.
1977 Washington Times (Nexis) 18 Aug. g1 As compensation for Low, who became a free agent under terms of an optionless contract, the Capitals received center Walt McKechnie.
2002 Seattle Times (Nexis) 21 Sept. b4 What do you do, he asked the crowd after describing a situation that seems optionless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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