deedless

English

Etymology

deed +‎ -less

Adjective

deedless (comparative more deedless, superlative most deedless)

(obsolete) Helpless; not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene v, line 97:
  firm of word, / Speaking in deeds and deedless in his tongue

Related terms

dateless

Translations

inactive

Dutch: dadeloos (nl)

References

Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
deedless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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