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springless

American  
[spring-lis] / ˈsprɪŋ lɪs /

adjective

  1. having no springs.

    a springless bed.

  2. lacking liveliness or resilience; lifeless.

    His shoulders drooped and his walk had become springless.


Etymology

Origin of springless

First recorded in 1675–85; spring + -less

Example Sentences

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Banded together in springless trucks and dusty cattle cars, the rubber troops began their trek.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lighters daily haul water to springless Skorpios, whose slopes are now luxuriantly planted with cypresses, oleanders and fruit trees.

From Time Magazine Archive

This has the added advantage of making springless land almost unsalable.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

Thy stream of life o’er springless deserts roll: Thy bond of peace the mighty earth can span, And make one brotherhood from pole to pole.

From Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion by Various

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