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sapless

sapless

1 9.5
Being dry and without life or energy
  • adjective
  • /ˈsæpləs/
translation icon : sin vida
  • Shrunk up and sapless like a withered flower.

Examples

  • Across this is draped a cloak of dry, sapless green, the color of leaves at the end of summer, whose highlights are rendered in light gray-green shading off into pure white.

    Academic text (1990)

  • ..and sapless, like a withered flower.

    The Libertine (2004)

  • A blessing for the two mages who had died this night, wasted and sapless as last year's fallen leaves.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The sapless Kopelman door groaned when the fifteen-stone body brought all its weight to bear on it.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • The plant looked sapless and brown after weeks without water.

  • After the long winter, the garden was sapless and lifeless.

  • Feeling sapless and exhausted, she decided to take a break from work.

Synonyms

weak
vssapless
524 1.0

Not strong in body or muscles and easily tired

denotes low life, energy, or vitality rather than structural weakness
lifeless
vssapless
28 3.4

Not moving and showing no signs of people or animals

means lacking energy or vitality in a figurative sense rather than literally dead
feeble
vssapless
25 3.9

Physically or mentally weak and low in energy

is about lacking life or vitality generally rather than caused weakness
anemic
vssapless
  • US
24 5.7

Weak and showing little strength or energy

is a general lack of life or vitality rather than specific physical weakness
decrepit
vssapless
9 7.0

A living thing that is very weak and thin from old age or long illness

is lacking life or vitality broadly, not only worn by old age
bloodless
vssapless
4 6.6

Showing no feeling and little energy

is about lack of life or vitality generally rather than emotional coldness
arid
vssapless
1 6.3

Not interesting and without energy or life

is about lacking internal energy rather than only being uninteresting
spiritless
vssapless
1 6.0

Showing little energy and no enthusiasm

is broader, referring to low life or vitality rather than only low enthusiasm
lusterless
vssapless
  • US
1 7.2

Not shiny and showing little energy or life

is about low life or energy rather than mere visual dullness
zipless
vssapless
  • US
1 8.4

Showing little energy or interest

is a broader lack of life or vitality beyond just lacking pep
marrowless
vssapless
9.8

Having no energy or strong ideas

is lacking outward life or energy rather than inner substance
juiceless
vssapless
7.2

Dull and showing little energy or interest

is about lacking life or energy rather than just being uninteresting
desiccated
vssapless
  • Formal
7.8

Having little energy or feeling and seeming lifeless

is lacking inner energy rather than only showing dry outward traits
fireless
vssapless
5.1

Showing little energy and no enthusiasm

is about low life or energy in general rather than only lacking passion
drained
vssapless
3.4

Feeling very tired with no energy left

is a more constant lack of life or vitality, not only temporary exhaustion
debile
vssapless
  • Archaic
9.9

Weak in the body and having little strength

is broader, meaning low life or energy not only physical weakness

Antonyms

lively
111 1.3

Having a lot of energy and enthusiasm

vital
30 3.8

Full of energy and enthusiasm

How Energetic

vigorous
87 4.1
healthy
695 1.0
weak
524 1.0
listless
12 6.1
sapless
1 9.5
lifeless
28 3.4
dead
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

sapless positive

Morphology

sapless = sap (transparent) = sap + less

A straightforward adjectival formation meaning 'without sap' (literally and figuratively 'without vitality'), so the relation to 'sap' is clear.

Etymology

Sapless comes from sap ('juice' or 'life' in a plant) and the ending -less meaning 'without'. So something sapless has no 'juice' or energy and feels dry or weak, and the same idea is in the verb to sap, which means to drain energy.