bottomless

bottomless
bottomlessly, adv.bottomlessness, n.
/bot"euhm lis/, adj.
1. lacking a bottom.
2. immeasurably deep.
3. unfathomable; mysterious: a bottomless problem.
4. without bounds; unlimited: He seems to have a bottomless supply of money.
5. without basis, cause, or reason: a bottomless accusation.
6. nude or nearly nude below as well as above the waist: bottomless dancers.
7. featuring bottomless entertainers: a bottomless club.
[1275-1325; ME botomles. See BOTTOM, -LESS; defs. 5, 6 on the model of TOPLESS]
Syn. 4. boundless, infinite, inexhaustible.

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