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Remediless

Re-mēd'i-less or Rēm'e-di-less, a.

adjective

(113) (Synop., § 130), a. [By some orthoëpists the accent is placed on the first syllable, which would be well if there were no derivatives; but remedilessly, remedilessness, require the accent on the second syllable.] 1. Not admitting a remedy, or counteraction; incapable of being restored, changed, or prevented; incurable. Hopeless are all my evils, all remediless. Milton. 2. Not answering as a remedy; hence, ineffectual; powerless; incapable. “Forced to forego the attempt remediless.” Spenser. Syn.—Incurable; cureless; irremediable; irrecoverable; irretrievable; irreparable; desperate.

Re-mēd'i-less or Rēm'e-di-less, adv.

adverb

Without remedy; necessarily. [Obs.] Udal.