resourceless

resourceless

English

Etymology

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Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
English source
English resource
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English resourceless

    From resource + -less.

    Adjective

    resourceless (not comparable)

    1. Without resources.
      • 1900, Basil A Bouroff, The Impending Crisis:
        How is it, then, that they are obliged to remain homeless, landless, propertyless, resourceless?

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