remediless
Use Remediless in a sentence
ɪ adjective
not admitting of remedy, as disease, trouble, damage, etc.; unremediable.
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remedy (ˈrɛmɪdɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n (usually foll by for | |
| 1. | any drug or agent that cures a disease or controls its symptoms |
| 2. | anything that serves to put a fault to rights, cure defects, improve conditions, etc: a remedy for industrial disputes |
| 3. | the legally permitted variation from the standard weight or quality of coins; tolerance |
| —vb | |
| 4. | to relieve or cure (a disease, illness, etc) by or as if by a remedy |
| 5. | to put to rights (a fault, error, etc); correct |
| [C13: from Anglo-Norman remedie, from Latin remedium a cure, from remedērī to heal again, from | |
| remediable | |
| —adj | |
| re'mediably | |
| —adv | |
| 'remediless | |
| —adj | |
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Remediless
is always a great word to know.
So is doohickey. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
Example sentences
All this is startling and sad enough, but not entirely hopeless or remediless.
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