"resultless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: result + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|result|less}} result + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} resultless (not comparable)
  1. Without result; lacking effect, success or accomplishment; fruitless. Tags: not-comparable Translations (Without results): bêencam (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-resultless-en-adj-iU6X~BRo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less

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          "ref": "1933, Robinson Jeffers, “Antrim”, in The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers, New York: Random House, published 1937, page 473",
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          "code": "kmr",
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