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English
Etymology
From Middle English strengthles, streintheles, strencthelæs, equivalent to strength + -less.
Adjective
strengthless (comparative more strengthless, superlative most strengthless)
- Being powerless or weak; lacking strength.
c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Second Part of Henrie the Fourth, , quarto edition, London: V S for Andrew Wise, and William Aspley, published 1600, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], signature , verso:And as the vvretch vvhoſe feuer-vveakned ioynts, / Like ſtrengthleſſe hinges buckle vnder life, / […] euen ſo my limbes, / VVeakened vvith griefe, being novv enragde vvith griefe, / Are thrice themſelues: […]
- Having no special abilities or talents; lacking strengths.
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