"sportless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more sportless [comparative], most sportless [superlative]
Etymology: sport + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sport|less}} sport + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} sportless (comparative more sportless, superlative most sportless)
  1. Without sport.
    Sense id: en-sportless-en-adj-hbP7D2KH
  2. (obsolete) Without mirth; joyless. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-sportless-en-adj-sa3POeKM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 21 79

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