poor-spirited
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of poor-spirited
First recorded in 1655–65
Example Sentences
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Anyway, the mixture of painting and embroidery is not to be endured; and it is a poor-spirited embroidress who will thus confess her weakness and call on painting to help her out.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle
If a brother is attached to his brother and does not quarrel with him, is he therefore poor-spirited?
From Body, Parentage and Character in History Notes on the Tudor Period by Furneaux Jordan
And to appear poor-spirited in her eyes, too! and to see the others stare at times, and to be aware of quiet glances exchanged, and of meaning eyes!
From The Reckoning by Robert W. (Robert William) Chambers
But he was a poor-spirited sort of man, and never worked up his lead.
From Atlantic Classics, Second Series by Jane Addams
Kilmarnock was a poor-spirited fellow compared with Emmet; and though there were many better men than Balmerino among the United Irishmen, it would be hard to find a worse one than Lord Lovat.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847. by Various
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