sapless

[ sap-lis ]
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adjective
  1. without sap; withered; dry: sapless plants.

  2. lacking vitality or spirit; insipid.

Origin of sapless

1
First recorded in 1585–95; sap1 + -less

Other words from sapless

  • sap·less·ness, noun

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How to use sapless in a sentence

  • Then when it had become sapless and hard, he cut it to shape, then “put it 178 to pickle,” as the saying goes.

  • He picked a bennet from the grass and bit it, but it was sapless, dried by the summer heat.

    Wood Magic | Richard Jefferies
  • These, from their laxative effects, will serve as antidotes to the dry sapless grasses, which have led to the disease.

    A Treatise on Sheep: | Ambrose Blacklock
  • The last red roseleaf had fluttered silently down; the last purple sloe had fallen from its sapless stem.

    Creatures of the Night | Alfred W. Rees
  • As a spark of fire consumeth summer's parched and sapless wood, Kuru's lordless, lifeless forces shall be angry Arjun's food!

    Maha-bharata | Anonymous