gumptionless

adj

gumptionless

adj

Etymology From gumption + -less.

1

Lacking gumption.

  • But I am no gumptionless Eve, that he should beguile me.1901, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Cinderella:
  • No actress that I know can so mingle dewy pathos and the salt of sanity: yet she must forego these in favour of gumptionless Dianas.1924, James Agate, The Contemporary Theatre:
1 more example
  • You're the most gumptionless person on earth.1989, Howard Lewis Russell, Iced Tea and Ignorance:

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