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will-less

[ wil-lis ]

adjective

  1. having or exerting no will:

    a timid, will-less little man.

  2. done or occurring without the will; involuntary:

    a will-less compliance.

  3. leaving no will; intestate:

    to die will-less.



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Other Words From

  • will-less·ly adverb
  • will-less·ness noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of will-less1

First recorded in 1740–50
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Example Sentences

Beatrice, however, with the placid navet of her will-less temperament, flies to Filippo.

Horrible—this will-less, nerveless feeling, this paralysis, as if he were a puppet moved by a cruel hand.

Never before had he had so strange a sense of being a will-less puppet in the hands of destiny.

He became a mere puppet, acting in accordance to principles that were not his own, automatic, will-less.

And he was like one of the last year's leaves before him, whirled helpless and will-less in the dust-storm of the road!

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