unˈspirited, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Destitute of spirit; spiritless.
| 1621 Fletcher Thierry & Theod. ii. i, A poor, cold, unspirited, unmanner'd..fool. 1649 Arnway Tablet 74 Leave no stone unmoov'd, to cousen an unspirited (and so apt to be unchristen'd) Nation into the way..of the Alcoran. 1751 Smollett Per. Pic. lxxxv, The new productions of the stage,..generally unspirited and insipid. |
Hence unˈspiritedness.
| 1669 Owen Exp. Ps. cxxx, 15 Vnspiritedness and disability unto Duty, in doing or suffering. |