† unsprightyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not sprightly or lively.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation
deadOE
lifelessOE
unquickc1475
exanimate?c1550
flat1604
unsprighty1607
spiritless1609
dead-alive1617
fireless1647
uninformed1709
inanimate1713
unanimated1734
nerveless1735
inanimated1753
dispirited1758
dead and alive1863
unalive1905
pepless1909
zipless1922
soggy1928
undead1936
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice viii. 14 Anie of these constant and vnsprity carriages are signes of dulnes.
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adj.1607