sleeveless

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

sleeveless
    adj 1: having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses" [ant:
           {sleeved}]
    2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
       after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
       attempt" [syn: {bootless}, {fruitless}, {futile},
       {sleeveless}, {vain}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sleeveless \Sleeve"less\, a. [AS. sl[=e]fle['a]s.]
   1. Having no sleeves.
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   2. Lacking a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable;
      profitless; bootless; useless. [Obs.] --Shak.
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            The vexation of a sleeveless errand.  --Bp.
                                                  Warburton.
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