futureless

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adjective

Without a future.

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hopeless
OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English future →
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Meanings

adjectivefutureless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout a future.

    C. forgot the degradation of her return to school. I delighted in writing nothing, not a single word. We were well. We could live forever, futureless, at peace with one another.

    1995, Richard Powers, Galatea 2.2, Vintage (2019), page 244
  2. not comparablehuman sciencesThat has no future tense.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectivehaving no prospect or hope of a future

Similar
hopeless

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Englishfuture
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishfutureless

From future + -less.

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Translations

Finnish vailla tulevaisuutta, futuuriton
  • vailla tulevaisuuttawithout future
  • futuuritonlinguistics: that has no future tense
Cite this entry
APA

futureless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futureless

MLA

“futureless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futureless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “futureless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/futureless.

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