strengthless
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Etymology edit
From Middle English strengthles, streintheles, strencthelæs, equivalent to strength + -less.
Adjective edit
strengthless (comparative more strengthless, superlative most strengthless)
- Being powerless or weak; lacking strength.
- c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature [A4], verso:
- And as the vvretch vvhoſe feuer-vveakned ioynts, / Like ſtrengthleſſe hinges buckle vnder life, / […] euen ſo my limbes, / VVeakened vvith griefe, being novv enragde vvith griefe, / Are thrice themſelues: […]
- Having no special abilities or talents; lacking strengths.
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lacking strength
lacking strengths
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