attemptless

English

Etymology

From attempt +‎ -less.

Adjective

attemptless (not comparable)

  1. Not making or not having made an attempt.
    • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act II, scene v:
      Why then Caſanes ſhall we wiſh for ought
      The world affoords in greateſt noueltie,
      And reſt attemptleſſe faint and deſtitute?
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