bootless
/ˈbuːtləs
/adjective archaic
(Of a task or undertaking) ineffectual; useless: remonstrating with him seems ever to have been a bootless task...
- I wasted two weeks trying to redesign the front page, which was bootless; I ended up redoing it with new graphics which are nearly identical to the old.
- After the bootless repair mission, Gnat napped and I worked.
- But arguing with people who don't want to hear is fundamentally bootless.
Origin
Old English bōtlēas 'not able to be compensated for by payment' (see boot2, -less).