wretchless

== English == === Etymology === Alteration of retchless, equivalent to retch (“reck; care; regard”) +‎ -less. See reckless. === Adjective === wretchless (comparative more wretchless, superlative most wretchless) (obsolete) reckless (obsolete) disregarded c. 1608-1634, John Webster, Appius and Virginia Sleep you nowUpon the bench, when your deaf ears should listenUnto the wretchless clamours of the poor? ==== Related terms ==== wretchlessly wretchlessness === References === “wretchless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.