[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

sleeveless \sleeve"less\, a. as. sl=efle'as.
   1. having no sleeves.
      1913 webster

   2. lacking a cover, pretext, or palliation; unreasonable;
      profitless; bootless; useless. obs. --shak.
      1913 webster

            the vexation of a sleeveless errand.  --bp.
                                                  warburton.
      1913 webster

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sleeveless
     adj 1: having no sleeves; "sleeveless summer dresses" ant: sleeved
     2: unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years
        after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain
        attempt" syn: bootless, fruitless, futile, vain
see also:
sleeved bootless fruitless futile vain 

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