springless
Americanadjective
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having no springs.
a springless bed.
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lacking liveliness or resilience; lifeless.
His shoulders drooped and his walk had become springless.
Etymology
Origin of springless
Example Sentences
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This has the added advantage of making springless land almost unsalable.
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
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
Furniture departments had only a minimum stock of rock-hard springless chairs, couches and beds.
From Time Magazine Archive
Telega, the ordinary springless wagon of Russia, smaller than the country wagon in the United States.
From With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. by Sienkiewicz, Henryk
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