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gumptionless

gumptionless adjective: lacking gumption.

Adjective

gumptionless (comparative more gumptionless, superlative most gumptionless)

  1. Lacking gumption.
    • But I am no gumptionless Eve, that he should beguile me.1901, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Cinderella
    • No actress that I know can so mingle dewy pathos and the salt of sanity: yet she must forego these in favour of gumptionless Dianas.1924, James Agate, The Contemporary Theatre

Forms of gumptionless

comparativemore gumptionless
superlativemost gumptionless

Origin of gumptionless

From gumption + -less.

Questions about gumptionless

What does gumptionless mean?
Gumptionless means lacking gumption.
What part of speech is gumptionless?
Gumptionless is an adjective.

Words near gumptionless in the dictionary

  1. gumps
  2. gumpth
  3. gumption
  4. gumption trap
  5. gumption traps
  6. gumptionless
  7. gumptions
  8. gumptious
  9. gums
  10. gums ammoniac
  11. gums arabic

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