muscleless
/ˈməsəl(l)ɪs/
muscleless adjective: lacking muscle tissue.
Adjective
muscleless (not comparable)
- Lacking muscle tissue.
- Many people came there now—masculine women and muscleless men, for the most part.1904, James Branch Cabell, chapter 3, in The Eagle’s Shadow, New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., page 33
- Sometimes she stood them in lines in her room and made them recite arithmetic tables, flogging the inaccurate with as much vigour as her arms would allow, flabby, muscleless arms, broad and loose towards the armpit, and swinging like dead flesh.1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 5
- Feeble, weak, lacking strength or power.
- As they came near, even Marcia could note the sleek, soft look of the men, and their listless, muscleless gait; while their leader's hair and person literally reeked with perfumes.1901, Duffield Osborne, The Lion’s Brood, Part II, Chapter 2
- I stress that a golfer cannot ever be too boneless or too loose, nor too muscleless.2005, George Peper, editor, The Secret of Golf, page 382
Origin of muscleless
From muscle + -less.
Words formed from muscleless
Questions about muscleless
- What does muscleless mean?
- Muscleless means lacking muscle tissue.
- What part of speech is muscleless?
- Muscleless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce muscleless?
- Muscleless is pronounced /ˈməsəl(l)ɪs/.
Words near muscleless in the dictionary
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