poor-spirited
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poor-spirited
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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She looked upon her companion as a weak-minded, poor-spirited girl, and she treated her opinions and her wishes with the utmost contempt, now that she had her completely in her power.
From Hope and Have or, Fanny Grant Among the Indians, A Story for Young People by Oliver Optic
I've knowed poor-spirited vessels, and vessels that was just ornery and mean; but 't is handsome is as handsome does with the Mary Sands.
From The Wooing of Calvin Parks by Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards
Bishop Goodman of Gloucester, who, though King James's poor-spirited apologist, admired Ralegh, relates that he had seen and kissed it.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by W. (William) Stebbing
I expect Jim Cayley set me down as a poor-spirited skunk, for showing no resentment; but I certainly felt none now.
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
I have to confess that I was so poor-spirited as to have little or no animosity against him.
From The High Heart by Basil King
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