strengthless

[ strengkth-lis, strength-, strenth- ]

adjective

1. lacking strength.

Other Words From

• strengthless·ly adverb
• strengthless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of strengthless¹

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; strength, -less

Example Sentences

And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.

From New York Times

When they left the oratory a few moments after, her hand fell nerveless to her side, the tapestry swept over the door with a rustling sound, and staggering a few paces into the chamber, she fell her whole length upon the carpet, her golden hair sweeping back from her bloodless forehead, her pale lips trembling and her slight limbs as strengthless as an infant's.

From Project Gutenberg

We entered the Acherusian plain, and there we found the demi-gods, and the heroines, and the general throng of the dead in nations and tribes, some ancient and mouldering, 'strengthless heads' as Homer says, others fresh and holding together—Egyptians these in the main, so thoroughly good is their embalming.

From Project Gutenberg

But she was quite limp and strengthless.

From Project Gutenberg

It seems impossible for a strong full chord to be prolonged, however powerfully the strings are swept: it dies away again the next moment in the soft and strengthless echo of history.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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