"sparkless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From spark + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|spark|less}} spark + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sparkless (not comparable)
  1. without a spark Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-sparkless-en-adj-Nqnae9Lc
  2. lacking in creativity or energy Tags: not-comparable Translations (lacking in creativity or energy): 閃烈 (senretsu) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-sparkless-en-adj-75gDXg-P Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Japanese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 34 66 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 98 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 2 98 Disambiguation of 'lacking in creativity or energy': 3 97
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          "ref": "1891, Shelley, Adonais:",
          "text": "From the contagion of the world's slow stain 5 He is secure; and now can never mourn A heart grown cold, a head grown grey in vain-- Nor, when the spirit's self has ceased to burn, With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn. 41.",
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          "ref": "1939, Arthur Quiller-Couch, On The Art of Reading:",
          "text": "But when we come to a fine thing in our own language--to a stanza from Shelley's \"Adonais\" for instance: He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again; From the contagion of the world's slow stain He is secure, and now can never mourn A heart grown cold, a head grown gray in vain; Nor, when the spirit's self has ceased to burn, With sparkless ashes load an unlamented urn. what can you do with that?",
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          "ref": "2007 January 28, Scott Sturgis, “A Mechanic’s Laptop Makes Manuals All but Obsolete”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The worn-out brushes in a dead starter or a short circuit in a sparkless ignition distributor would eventually be revealed to a mechanic who carefully dug through the clues.",
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          "ref": "1996 January 26, Neil Tesser, “Motion Poets”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "Live, though, this youthful Minnesota-based band performed a somewhat sparkless set that seemed to bury the conceptual strengths, the stark voicings, and the crisp rhythms that on the album helped shape the arrangements and link the horns.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2004 July 23, Lawrence Bommer, “Much Ado About Nothing”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "It's a small triumph that LiveWire's sparkless production manages to preserve the plot.",
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          "ref": "2007 January 28, Scott Sturgis, “A Mechanic’s Laptop Makes Manuals All but Obsolete”, in New York Times:",
          "text": "The worn-out brushes in a dead starter or a short circuit in a sparkless ignition distributor would eventually be revealed to a mechanic who carefully dug through the clues.",
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          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2004 July 23, Lawrence Bommer, “Much Ado About Nothing”, in Chicago Reader:",
          "text": "It's a small triumph that LiveWire's sparkless production manages to preserve the plot.",
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