nerveless

[ nurv-lis ]

/ ˈnɜrv lɪs /

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adjective

without nervousness, as in emergencies; calm; collected.

lacking strength or vigor; feeble; weak.

lacking firmness or courage; spiritless; cowardly.

Anatomy, Botany. having no nerves.

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Origin of nerveless

First recorded in 1725–35; nerve + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM nerveless

nerve·less·ly, adverbnerve·less·ness, noun

Words nearby nerveless

nerve gas, nerve graft, nerve growth factor, nerve growth factor antiserum, nerve impulse, nerveless, nerve net, nerve of pterygoid canal, nerve of tensor muscle of soft palate, nerve of tensor tympani muscle, nerve plexus

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How to use nerveless in a sentence

The energetic, the daring, the high-spirited go, leaving the residue more abject and nerveless than ever.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Isabel longed for the time when she should enter them and pick up the threads dropped from her mother's nerveless fingers.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
For twenty minutes his hand never falters, then the charcoal drops from his nerveless fingers!
Uncanny Tales|Various
Suddenly the audience was startled by the snapping of a string; the violin and bow dropped from the nerveless hands of the player.
The Fifth String |John Philip Sousa

The knob under Genevieve's nerveless fingers clicked sharply, and Miss Hart raised her head with a start.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch|Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) Porter

British Dictionary definitions for nerveless

nerveless

/ (ˈnɜːvlɪs) /

adjective

calm and collected

listless or feeble

Derived forms of nerveless

nervelessly, adverbnervelessness, noun

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