spiritless
Example Sentences
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It was a typically spiritless ending to what was, without a doubt, a memorable spree of posting.
From Slate ● Sep. 3, 2025
Shipp started the label because he was disappointed by assembly-line gospel records that sounded flat and spiritless in the early ’70s.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2023
“Normally, a Wonder set is a buoyant experience that is littered with highlights. But his festival set was mostly flat and spiritless, as if performing there was an obligation rather than a pleasure,” wrote Hunt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2022
Okay, here’s some change, with a bewildering twist: In exchanging Austin Rivers and Kelly Oubre Jr. for old friend Trevor Ariza, the Wizards managed to double down on their spiritless, quarreling, underachieving core.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2018
Nevertheless, mathematics is often seen as a spiritless affair.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
