strengthless
Americanadjective
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Origin of strengthless
Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at strength, -less
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And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.
From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016
Dr. Ernst Distelmeyer," joyless, strengthless Dr. Ley relinquished a vial of poison and told his U.S. captors: "I will always believe that Adolf Hitler was Germany's greatest man.
From Time Magazine Archive
Witness this primrose bank whereon I lie; These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me, Two strengthless doves will draw me through the sky, From morn to night, even where I list, to sport me.
From Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants by Head, James H.
Speechless and strengthless, a shadow thin, He roved the castle to find his kin.
From Songs from Books by Kipling, Rudyard
When Lord Hope fell back against the window-frame, strengthless from excess of feeling, she laid a hand upon the girl's shoulder, and, turning her face gently to the289 light, gazed upon it with tender scrutiny.
From The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals by Stephens, Ann S. (Ann Sophia)
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