"joyless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: joyless [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Etymology: joy + -less Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|joy|less}} joy + -less Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. When something is joyless, it is not fun, happy, enjoyable, or joyful.
    Sense id: simple-joyless-en-adj-2P0yYWVN
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -less
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