"strengthless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more strengthless [comparative], most strengthless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English strengthles, streintheles, strencthelæs, equivalent to strength + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|strengthles}} Middle English strengthles, {{m|enm|streintheles}} streintheles, {{m|enm|strencthelæs}} strencthelæs, {{suffix|en|strength|less}} strength + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} strengthless (comparative more strengthless, superlative most strengthless)
  1. Being powerless or weak; lacking strength. Translations (lacking strength): voimaton (Finnish), безси́лий (bezsýlyj) (Ukrainian), безси́льний (bezsýlʹnyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-strengthless-en-adj-VuVNi6hV Disambiguation of 'lacking strength': 79 21
  2. Having no special abilities or talents; lacking strengths. Translations (lacking strengths): kykenemätön (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-strengthless-en-adj-mV724sKC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 27 73 Disambiguation of 'lacking strengths': 32 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: strengthlessly, strengthlessness

Download JSON data for strengthless meaning in English (2.2kB)

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