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n. - The trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally.

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Usage examples (13)
  • Adjective : a spiritless reply to criticism
  • It is no easier than knowing oneself, nad no less subject to distortion and spiritlessness.
  • Why tackle Iran army to army when you can have her own citizens, seduced by the culture of fashion, shopping and spiritlessness.
  • In the spiritlessness of this forlorn day, what could be better than a little post about a certain bridge and the people who jump off of it.
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