assistless

English

Etymology

assist +‎ -less

Adjective

assistless (comparative more assistless, superlative most assistless)

Without aid or help[1].
- 1715–1720, Homer; [Alexander] Pope, transl., “Book 16”, in The Iliad of Homer, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: […] W[illiam] Bowyer, for Bernard Lintott […], OCLC 670734254:
  
  Stupid he stares, and all-assistless stands
(sports) without an assist

References

assistless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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