bootless
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“In the Court’s view, characterization of defendant’s previous and threatened future actions as dilatory, in bad faith or unduly prejudicial would be a bootless exercise. They are, in varying degrees, all three,” he said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 11, 2022
Well, here we are again, standing bootless in the snow during a crisis.
From Salon ● May 10, 2020
That’s not to say that the CIA effort was bootless.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 20, 2017
In fact, another of that band’s hits seemed more appropriate to these bootless proceedings: the one called “Why?”
From New York Times ● Jan. 13, 2015
Behind her a bootless Turtle tiptoed through puddles.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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