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sleeveless

 [sleev-lis]  

sleeve·less

   [sleev-lis]
adjective
1.
without sleeves.
2.
amounting to nothing; unprofitable; futile: a sleeveless errand.
Origin:
before 950; Middle English; Old English slīeflēas. See sleeve, -less

Related forms
sleeve·less·ness, noun
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sleeve (sliːv)
 
—n
1.  the part of a garment covering the arm
2.  a tubular piece that is forced or shrunk into a cylindrical bore to reduce the diameter of the bore or to line it with a different material; liner
3.  a tube fitted externally over two cylindrical parts in order to join them; bush
4.  US name: jacket a flat cardboard or plastic container to protect a gramophone record
5.  roll up one's sleeves to prepare oneself for work, a fight, etc
6.  up one's sleeve secretly ready
 
—vb
7.  (tr) to provide with a sleeve or sleeves
 
[Old English slīf, slēf; related to Dutch sloof apron]
 
'sleeveless
 
—adj
 
'sleevelike
 
—adj

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