zest
noun
keen relish; hearty enjoyment; gusto.
zestless
-
a word derived from
zest.
Example Sentences
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We lamented the turn to a dull, zestless efficiency.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2016
Meanwhile, left to ourselves alone, solitary, we will become the same joyless, zestless, untouching lone animals.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
Not effort but zestless endeavor is the tragedy of life.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
Naples was living to itself a subdued, zestless life.
From The World Decision by Robert Herrick
Success in suppressing the precivilized qualities of the boy results in a "zestless automaton" that is something less than a man.
From The Minister and the Boy A Handbook for Churchmen Engaged in Boys' Work by Allan Hoben
