waarloos

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Etymology 1

Said to be from earlier waarloos zeil, a blend of waarzeil +‎ loos zeil (“superfluous sail”).

Noun

waarloos f (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) spare or superfluous parts taken on a ship; hamper

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch waerloos; cognate with Middle High German warlōs. By surface analysis, waar (“care, attention”) +‎ -loos (waar here being the same element found in waarnemen).

Adjective

waarloos (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) unmindful, undiscerning, careless
Declension
Declension of waarloos
uninflected waarloos
inflected waarloos
comparative waarloze
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial waarloos waarloze het waarloost
het waarlooste
indefinite m./f. sing. waarloos waarloze waarlooste
n. sing. waarloos waarloze waarlooste
plural waarloos waarloze waarlooste
definite waarloos waarloze waarlooste
partitive waarloos waarlozes —
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