grit
noun
abrasive particles or granules, as of sand or other small, coarse impurities found in the air, food, water, etc.
gritless
-
a word derived from
grit.
Example Sentences
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We see these victims everywhere shorn of power—weak, nerveless, backboneless, staminaless, gritless people, without forcefulness, mere nonentities because they have ceased working.
From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden
