springless
Americanadjective
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having no springs.
a springless bed.
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lacking liveliness or resilience; lifeless.
His shoulders drooped and his walk had become springless.
Etymology
Origin of springless
Example Sentences
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A crew of eight nurses, equipped with measuring rods and springless scales, will visit all ten provinces measuring and weighing men, women & children in their homes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Banded together in springless trucks and dusty cattle cars, the rubber troops began their trek.
From Time Magazine Archive
Furniture departments had only a minimum stock of rock-hard springless chairs, couches and beds.
From Time Magazine Archive
This has the added advantage of making springless land almost unsalable.
From Time Magazine Archive
“The struggle of capital and labour,” began Felix learnedly, when a sudden jolt of the springless waggon threw him off his balance, and he had to cling to the sides.
From Greene Ferne Farm by Jefferies, Richard
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