strengthless
adjEtymology From Middle English strengthles, streintheles, strencthelæs, equivalent to strength + -less.
1
Being powerless or weak; lacking strength.
- And as the vvretch vvhoſe feuer-vveakned ioynts, / Like ſtrengthleſſe hinges buckle vnder life, / […] euen ſo my limbes, / VVeakened vvith griefe, being novv enragde vvith griefe, / Are thrice themſelues: […]c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, […], quarto edition, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature [A4], verso:
2
Having no special abilities or talents; lacking strengths.
- Antonyms
- strengthful
- Derived terms
- strengthlessly, strengthlessness