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promiseless

adj

Etymology

From promise + -less.

  1. derived from prōmissum — “a promise”
  2. derived from prōmissa
  3. derived from promesse
  4. inherited from promis
  5. suffixed as promiseless — “promise + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a promise.

    • It appeared to clinch a deal, and was meant to sound the same as the more soldierly Good to go, except it was promiseless — mere affirmative description.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for promiseless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA