will-less

[ wil-lis ]

/ ˈwɪl lɪs /

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adjective

having or exerting no will: a timid, will-less little man.

done or occurring without the will; involuntary: a will-less compliance.

leaving no will; intestate: to die will-less.

Origin of will-less

First recorded in 1740–50

OTHER WORDS FROM will-less

will-less·ly, adverbwill-less·ness, noun

Words nearby will-less

willingness, Willis, Williston, williwaw, Willkie, will-less, Willmar City, will not hear of, will-o'-the-wisp, Willoughby, willow

Example sentences from the Web for will-less

Never before had he had so strange a sense of being a will-less puppet in the hands of destiny.
Atlantis|Gerhart Hauptmann
Whatever called Kaydessa into such mindless and will-less answer did not touch the animals.
The Defiant Agents|Andre Alice Norton
Was it desire, or a will-less drifting with a new current that the new vision brought?
The Shadow of Life|Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Beatrice, however, with the placid navet of her will-less temperament, flies to Filippo.
Modernities|Horace Barnett Samuel

And he was like one of the last year's leaves before him, whirled helpless and will-less in the dust-storm of the road!
The History of David Grieve|Mrs. Humphry Ward