"wretchless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more wretchless [comparative], most wretchless [superlative]
Etymology: Alteration of retchless, equivalent to retch (“reck; care; regard”) + -less. See reckless. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|retch|less|t1=reck; care; regard}} retch (“reck; care; regard”) + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} wretchless (comparative more wretchless, superlative most wretchless)
  1. (obsolete) reckless Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wretchless-en-adj-18VjC33Z
  2. (obsolete) disregarded Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-wretchless-en-adj-oqvAXVNV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 84 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 100 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: wretchlessly, wretchlessness
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