marrowless
- adjective
- /ˈmɛroʊləs/
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sin tuétano
- Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold.
Examples
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The team's performance was marrowless, showing no passion or energy during the match.
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Inside my heart grew a slight and marrowless bone.
Fiction book (1999) -
Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold.
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Thy bones are marrowless, thy blood is cold;
Fiction book (2002) -
Thy bones are marrowless."
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His arguments were convincing at first, but they eventually felt marrowless and lacked depth.
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After months of work, the report turned out to be marrowless and failed to address the key issues.
Synonyms
34
6.3
Cold and showing no warm or deep feeling
30
6.1
Dull and showing little energy
24
5.7
Weak and showing little strength or energy
12
6.1
Not having energy or interest to do things
11
5.3
Having no useful ideas or emotion
4
6.6
Showing no feeling and little energy
1
6.0
Showing little energy and no enthusiasm
1
9.5
Being dry and without life or energy
1
7.2
Weak and lacking energy or strength
Dull and showing little energy or interest
Showing little energy and no enthusiasm
Having little energy or feeling and seeming lifeless
Antonyms
How Substantial
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Marrowless comes from marrow, the soft thing inside bones that people often think of as the body's 'core' or source of strength, plus the ending -less, which means 'without'. So something marrowless is like having no vital core or strength, which is why we call a tired person or a weak speech 'marrowless'.