a. Obs. [f. WIELD v. + -LESS.] That cannot be wielded; unmanageable, uncontrollable, unwieldy.

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1560.  Phaër, Æneid, IX. 740. Down sinks the weldlesse weight.

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1593.  G. Fletcher, Licia (1876), 36. The warlike Mars, can weildles weapons guide.

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1596.  Spenser, F. Q., IV. iii. 19. With the weight of his owne weeldlesse might, He falleth nigh to ground.

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