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zingless

zingless adjective: lacking zest or vitality.

Adjective

zingless (comparative more zingless, superlative most zingless)

  1. Lacking zest or vitality.
    • You are […] a man of powerful testicles and firmly rooted hair, capable of orgasms of a pretty high order and equipped with a curious kind of zingless lasting power. You may be dizzy and weak and you may buzz but you will outlast the Lou Gehrigs who run past you up the stairs three at a time.1944, James Thurber, letter to E. B. White in The Thurber Letters, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002, p. 366
    • Bland, zingless furnishings and décor in [the hotel’s] public rooms and 25 bedchambers.1968, Temple Fielding, Fielding’s Travel Guide to Europe, New York: Fielding Publications, page 1266
    Synonyms:
    dull, flat, insipid, tedious

Synonyms of zingless

Forms of zingless

comparativemore zingless
superlativemost zingless

Origin of zingless

From zing + -less.

Questions about zingless

What does zingless mean?
Zingless means lacking zest or vitality.
What part of speech is zingless?
Zingless is an adjective.

Words near zingless in the dictionary

  1. zinginess
  2. zinging
  3. zingingly
  4. Zingis
  5. Zingis Khan
  6. zingless
  7. zings
  8. zingy
  9. Zinj
  10. zink
  11. zinke

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