Etymology

healless

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Today it means: Incapable of being made whole or well; cureless; incurable; unhealable. Full definition →

Middle English heleles
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromheleles
  2. English todayhealless

From Middle English heleles, equivalent to heal (“health, well-being”) + -less. Compare healful.

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