strengthless

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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

"Behold," they cry, "she is grown soft and strengthless, All her proud memories changed to fear and fret."

From Poems of the Great War Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund by Various

So little do you care for eternal joy?" the Valkyrie asks wistfully; "all in all to you is the poor woman who, tired and full of trouble, lies strengthless in your lap?

From The Wagnerian Romances by Brownell, Gertrude Hall

This proves of effective use in strengthless, languid indigestion, as well as for chronic rheumatism; it stimulates the stomach, and promotes the digestive secretions.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas