virtueless
- a word derived from virtue.
Example Sentences
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During this catalog of my virtueless existence, he gandy-walked me to the door and opened it.
From Highways in Hiding by Smith, George Oliver
The architecture of Palladio is wholly virtueless and despicable.
From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John
But when detraction is printed in the morning paper you can't overlook it without incurring the suspicion of being illiterate and virtueless.
From The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations by Cabell, James Branch
The fair gem virtueless: possessing none of the virtues which in the Middle Ages were universally believed to be inherent in precious stones.
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing
O, too unkind unto so kind a wife, Too virtueless to one so virtuous, And too unchaste unto so chaste a matron.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
