importless
English edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
importless (comparative more importless, superlative most importless)
- (obsolete) meaningless
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], column We less expect That matter needlesse, of importlesse burthen, Divide thy lips.:
References edit
- “importless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.