bootlessness

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Noun
  • Clear bins on a bathroom vanity are ideal for daily-use items, which Wells suggests storing in the front, and extra or backup toiletries in the back.
    Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2026
  • The old icebox turned vanity is a gift from a friend.
    Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 7 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • But one series with four minutes remaining highlighted the fruitlessness of this effort.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • However, a closer examination of this data center and cryptocurrency infrastructure company indicates substantial revenue growth but ongoing unprofitability, marked by severely negative operating and free cash flow margins.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That’s a stark contrast to years of unprofitability before 2012.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • No vitamin D deficiency around here.
    Becky Bartkowski, AZCentral.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • High-impact sports can also destroy red blood cells, leading to iron deficiency anemia, while some athletes might also lose blood through their gastrointestinal tract, Hew-Butler says.
    Claire Cameron, Scientific American, 11 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • The Cubs know how important pitcher depth becomes in the postseason after injuries and ineffectiveness compromised their starter options in October.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • The state’s policy ineffectiveness is just as troubling.
    Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 1 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Clearly, her absurd office dredged its barrenness from her.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Instead, Bevza felt a pressing need to remedy the barrenness of the Ukrainian fashion scene at the time.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Theory 1 is that the Party has reached such a crisis of inefficacy in the Trump era that most things about it—its experienced personnel, its hydraulics of strategy and power—should be sold for scrap and rebuilt from the charismatic left.
    Nathan Heller, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Brands that rely solely on AI risk not just irrelevance, but inefficacy.
    Sean DallasKidd, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Kerr and several staffers compared the emptiness around downtown, coupled with the frigid temperatures outside, to feelings that existed during COVID.
    Nick Friedell, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Many roads in Austin remained icy on Monday morning and many coffee shops and restaurants echoed the emptiness on the streets with their own temporary closures.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Bootlessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bootlessness. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.

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