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bottomless

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bot⋅tom⋅less

  [bot-uhm-lis]
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–adjective
1. lacking a bottom.
2. immeasurably deep.
3. unfathomable; mysterious: a bottomless problem.
4. without bounds; unlimited: He seems to have a bottomless supply of money.
5. without basis, cause, or reason: a bottomless accusation.
6. nude or nearly nude below as well as above the waist: bottomless dancers.
7. featuring bottomless entertainers: a bottomless club.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME botomles. See bottom, -less; defs. 5, 6 on the model of topless

Related forms:
bot⋅tom⋅less⋅ly, adverb
bot⋅tom⋅less⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
4. boundless, infinite, inexhaustible.
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bot·tom·less   (bŏt'əm-lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Having no bottom.

  2. Too deep to be measured: a bottomless glacier lake.

  3. Difficult or impossible to understand; unfathomable: one of the bottomless mysteries of life.

  4. Having no limitations or bounds; limitless: a bottomless supply of money.

    1. Nude, especially unclothed below the waist: bottomless dancers.

    2. Featuring such dancers as entertainment: bottomless bars.

bot'tom·less·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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