Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Feeble; wanting spirit or activity; shiftless.
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- adjective
Feeble ; lackingspirit oractivity ;shiftless .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Outside of a single black chest set against one stone wall, and the Table itself, there were no furnishings in the win-dowless space.
Soarer's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006
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The main entry was a vaulted stone enclosure, win-dowless, that soared a good three stories, lit by an enoriuous crystal cnanaener.
Cadmian's Choice Modesitt, L. E. 2006
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Latelle, his wife, was cooking the breakfast porridge on a small, iron-topped brick stove built into a corner of the win-dowless wagon, and the air was sharp with spices.
Knife of Dreams Jordan, Robert, 1948- 2005
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Cedric waited until the peasant had vanished through the black opening into the win-dowless little hut, then chuckled
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Cedric waited until the peasant had vanished through the black opening into the win - dowless little hut, then chuckled
Fortress Of Frost And Fire Lackey, Mercedes 1993
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Walls rose sheer to right and left, mostly win-dowless, enclosing the inward-looking houses that would prevail in Mediterranean countries for millennia to come.
Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983
ruzuzu commented on the word dowless
"Feeble; wanting spirit or activity; shiftless."
- Century Dictionary
August 19, 2010