Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of virtue, potency, or efficacy; worthless.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless.
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- adjective Lacking
virtue .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The arrival of the "drone wars" means a more secretive form of "defense," carried out with little or no oversight, by contractors hired by the CIA -- a "virtueless war," as a British Air Force officer called it, requiring no heroism or courage to conduct and shielding us from the consequences of our own violence.
Todd Brewster: "Drone Wars" and Democracy Todd Brewster 2011
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Similar argument for education, it is virtueless and morally repugnant to profit off the ignorance of fellow citizens.
Leading Democrat concedes sticker shock of health care costs 2009
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Becker used the unflattering term "self-righteous" to capture this idea and many times the expression of this is unflattering but it need not be as virtueless as that.
Paul Pardi: Protesting Protestantism: Why Religion Must Continue To Change Paul Pardi 2011
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The arrival of the "drone wars" means a more secretive form of "defense," carried out with little or no oversight, by contractors hired by the CIA -- a "virtueless war," as a British Air Force officer called it, requiring no heroism or courage to conduct and shielding us from the consequences of our own violence.
Todd Brewster: "Drone Wars" and Democracy Todd Brewster 2011
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Becker used the unflattering term "self-righteous" to capture this idea and many times the expression of this is unflattering but it need not be as virtueless as that.
Paul Pardi: Protesting Protestantism: Why Religion Must Continue To Change Paul Pardi 2011
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Completing the virtueless circle, the WSJ -- owned by News Corp., natch -- noted that "Mr. Murdoch's biggest hit (ital mine) was in his bonus, which fell following the company's plunge in earnings and stock price amid the global financial crisis and economic downturn."
Michael Sigman: Exec Bonuses/Newsroom Outsourcing a Virtueless Circle 2010
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Completing the virtueless circle, the WSJ -- owned by News Corp., natch -- noted that "Mr. Murdoch's biggest hit (ital mine) was in his bonus, which fell following the company's plunge in earnings and stock price amid the global financial crisis and economic downturn."
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Republicans have traditionally been patriotic, they also have been tradionally against the virtueless.
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Somehow the same incompetent, narcissistic, virtueless, vacuous, malicious criminals are still in charge of this country.
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Somehow the same incompetent, narcissistic, virtueless, vacuous, malicious criminals are still in charge of this country.
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