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English
Etymology
From Middle English remedylesse; equivalent to remedy + -less.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹɛmədilɪs/
- Hyphenation: rem‧e‧di‧less
Adjective
remediless (not comparable)
- Not having a remedy; not capable of being remedied.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book II, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC:As for the rest, this disease is not so easily discovered, except it be altogether extreame and remedilesse; forasmuch as reason marcheth ever crooked, halting and broken-hipt; and with falshood as with truth; and therefore it is very hard to discover her mistaking and disorder.
2010, Pakistan Labour Cases, volume 51, page 55:[…] cannot be taken to mean that the petitioners have been left remediless.
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