"purchaseless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: purchase + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|purchase|less}} purchase + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} purchaseless (not comparable)
  1. Devoid of grip or purchase. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-purchaseless-en-adj-P7dJCNr5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "1841, David Daniel Davis, The principles and practice of obstetric medicine, page 848",
          "text": "The use of these projections […] is to apply upon the foetal scalp a pressure, counter to that made on the skull by the teeth of the crotchet, in order to ensure the penetration of the latter without the possibility of their slipping purchaseless along the smooth cranial bones, or of failure from any other cause whatsoever.",
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        {
          "ref": "2007, Jill Fredston, Snowstruck: In the Grip of Avalanches, page 112",
          "text": "As he clawed at the gully's purchaseless walls, the laminar flow of snow debris rose to his waist, his chest, and then his shoulders, drawing him inexorably under, until snow topped his head and locked him into darkness.",
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