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sapless

American  
[sap-lis] / ˈsæp lɪs /

adjective

  1. without sap; withered; dry.

    sapless plants.

  2. lacking vitality or spirit; insipid.

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Etymology

Origin of sapless

First recorded in 1585–95; sap 1 + -less

Example Sentences

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Sapless age makes it tindery, and the decaying fibre descends in dust—glissades of dust which form moraines within the hollow of the base.

From Tropic Days by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

And in the fiercer strife Which winter brings to me amain, Sapless, I waste my life, And, murmuring at my fate, complain.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 098, February, 1876 by Various

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