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sleeve⋅less

[sleev-lis]
–adjective
1. without sleeves.
2. amounting to nothing; unprofitable; futile: a sleeveless errand.

Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE slīeflēas. See sleeve, -less


sleeve⋅less⋅ness, noun
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sleeve   (slēv)   
n.  
  1. A part of a garment that covers all or part of an arm.

  2. A case into which an object or device fits: a record sleeve.

tr.v.   sleeved, sleev·ing, sleeves
To furnish or fit with sleeves or a sleeve.

[Middle English sleve, from Old English slēf; see sleubh- in Indo-European roots.]
sleeve'less adj.
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