waarloos

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Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Said to be from earlier waarloos zeil, a blend of waarzeil +‎ loos zeil (superfluous sail).

Noun

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waarloos f (uncountable)

  1. (nautical) spare or superfluous parts taken on a ship; hamper

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch waerloos; cognate with Middle High German warlōs. By surface analysis, waar (care, attention) +‎ -loos (waar here being the same element found in waarnemen).

Adjective

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waarloos (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) unmindful, undiscerning, careless
Declension
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Declension of waarloos
uninflected waarloos
inflected waarloos
comparative waarloze
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial waarloos waarloze het waarloost
het waarlooste
indefinite m./f. sing. waarloos waarloze waarlooste
n. sing. waarloos waarloze waarlooste
plural waarloos waarloze waarlooste
definite waarloos waarloze waarlooste
partitive waarloos waarlozes
Derived terms
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