sleeveless
/'sli:vlis/
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Having no sleeves: Describes a garment that lacks sleeves, leaving the arms uncovered.
- Unproductive of success; futile: (Archaic or figurative) Describes an effort or undertaking that is pointless or yields no result.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective (Having no sleeves):
- She wore a sleeveless dress to the summer party.
- For the gym, he prefers a sleeveless shirt.
- Adjective (Futile):
- The old tale spoke of a knight sent on a sleeveless errand. (This usage is now rare.)
Advanced Usage
- "sleeveless wonder": (Informal, humorous) Can refer to a sleeveless garment, often one that is eye-catching or unconventional.
- She showed up in a bright pink sleeveless wonder that turned heads.
Variants and Related Words
- Sleeve (n): The part of a garment that covers the arm.
- He rolled up his sleeves to start working.
- Sleeved (adj): Having sleeves.
- A long-sleeved shirt is required for the interview.
Synonyms
- For "having no sleeves": Armless, strapless (context-dependent, as "strapless" specifically means without shoulder straps).
- For "futile": Fruitless, vain, pointless, unavailing.
Related Phrases
- To have something up one's sleeve: To have a secret plan or idea. (Note: This idiom uses "sleeve," not the target word "sleeveless").
- Don't worry, I think the manager has a new strategy up his sleeve.
Related Idioms
- A sleeveless errand: (Archaic idiom) A pointless or useless mission.
- Searching for the old records in that abandoned warehouse was a sleeveless errand.
Adjective
- unproductive of success
- a fruitless search
- futile years after her artistic peak
- a sleeveless errand
- a vain attempt
- having no sleeves
- sleeveless summer dresses