unspiritedadj.
Destitute of spirit; spiritless.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > calmness > unexcitability > [adjective] > phlegmatic
phlegmatica1400
phlegmyc1450
sprightlessa1522
spiritless1595
unspirited1621
inexcitable?1624
pituitous1658
slow-going1825
soggy1896
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [adjective] > vapid or insipid > spiritless or uninspired
spiritless1592
unspirited1751
soulless1794
1621 J. Fletcher et al. Trag. of Thierry & Theodoret ii. i. sig. D3v A poore, cold, vnspirited, vnmannerde..foole.
1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 2) 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 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle III. xciii. 295 The new productions of the stage,..generally unspirited and insipid.
Derivatives
unˈspiritedness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [noun] > want of or incapacity for emotion
dryheada1300
lethargyc1380
drynessc1450
dumping1542
unsensibility1551
insensibleness?1555
unsensibleness?1555
stupidity1568
stolidity1570
stupor1570
dumpishness1574
senselessness1577
innaturality1579
astoniedness1580
impassibility1603
stupefaction1603
torpor1607
deadness1611
unsufferance1611
hebetude1621
nonsense1621
drought1622
hebetation1623
obstupefaction1625
unanswerableness1626
tastelessnessa1631
insensateness1646
impassiveness1648
obtuseness1648
barrenness1655
torpulency1657
sterility1661
spiritlessness1669
unspiritedness1669
unaffectedness1678
insensibility1691
stolidness1727
apathy1742
impenetrableness1747
unfeelingness1766
impassivity1794
unfeeling1805
soullessness1811
incommobility1822
obtusity1823
unimpressibleness1830
hardhead1836
stockishness1837
insensitiveness1838
impenetrability1847
unreceptivity1849
unsusceptibility1850
woodenness1854
unimpressionability1862
irresponsiveness1864
unresponsiveness1869
impassibleness1874
irreceptivity1881
unimpressibility1889
apatheia1893
inemotivity1894
affectlessness1921
insensitivity1957
1669 J. Owen Pract. Expos. 130th Psalm 15 Vnspiritedness and disability unto Duty, in doing or suffering.
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