† unnotefuladj.
Obsolete.
Unprofitable; useless.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding
unspeedya1300
speedless13..
improfitablea1325
unthriftyc1374
unnotefula1400
rewardless1481
thriveless1521
unbehovablea1557
thriftless1568
profitless1574
ungainful1599
unprofiteda1616
unthriving1617
ungaining1632
endlessa1640
gainless1640
improficuous1650
unrewarding1651
uncompensated1775
unrepaying1829
ungainsome1832
blind alley1902
dead end1928
a1400 Psalter (Vesp.) lii. 4 in C. Horstmann Yorkshire Writers (1896) II. 184 Alle helded þai, sammen ai Vnnoteful maked ere þai.
1494 W. Hilton Scala Perfeccionis (de Worde) ii. xxxvii. sig. pvii Al men are before oure lorde as noughte. & as vnnotefull and nought they are acounted to hym.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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