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reachlessness en · NOUN

Etymology

From reachless + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The property of being reachless
    • Some are Negligently Profane, and absent themselves from the ordinances of Jesus Christ, and the solemn worship of God, upon mere sloth and reachlessness. 1809, Ezelkiel Hopkins, Josiah Pratt, The works of Ezekiel Hopkins - Volume 1:
    • He wants to see the things that are on the other side of the world — to reach the stars, as we all do, and he realizes their reachlessness, and storms and rages in his great way, as we often do in our feeble one. 1903, The Four-track News - Volume 5, Issues 4-5