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
Naples was living to itself a subdued, zestless life.
From The World Decision by Robert Herrick
Not effort but zestless endeavor is the tragedy of life.
From Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene by G. Stanley Hall
As this latter profession is usually without emolument, he was forced into the law, where the virile energy of his mind rewarded his zestless efforts with success.
From The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century by William Lyon Phelps
