strengthless

[strengkth-lis, strength-, strenth-] / ˈstrɛŋkθ lɪs, ˈstrɛŋθ-, ˈstrɛnθ- /

ADJECTIVE

feeble

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ailing decrepit flabby fragile frail incompetent inefficient infirm lame paltry puny sickly tame weak weakened

WEAK

aged chicken debilitated delicate doddering dopey effete emasculated enervated enfeebled epicene etiolated exhausted failing faint flat gentle helpless impotent inadequate indecisive ineffectual insubstantial insufficient languid low out of gas poor powerless sapless slight thin unconvincing vitiated weakly wimpy woozy zero

Antonyms

STRONGEST

able capable competent efficient expert fit healthy hearty strong

WEAK

effective hardy powerful solid sound

Example Sentences

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And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016

Dr. Ernst Distelmeyer," joyless, strengthless Dr. Ley relinquished a vial of poison and told his U.S. captors: "I will always believe that Adolf Hitler was Germany's greatest man.

From Time Magazine Archive

And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

It seems impossible for a strong full chord to be prolonged, however powerfully the strings are swept: it dies away again the next moment in the soft and strengthless echo of history.

From Thoughts Out of Season (Part II) by Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm

Fortune had spared him a fall into the deeper channel, where even a foot of water might have drowned him, strengthless and fettered as he was.

From Trail's End by Ogden, George W. (George Washington)

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