strengthless

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And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl’s.

From New York Times • Sep. 25, 2016

Dr. Ernst Distelmeyer," joyless, strengthless Dr. Ley relinquished a vial of poison and told his U.S. captors: "I will always believe that Adolf Hitler was Germany's greatest man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Notwithstanding the tendency of all high-class energy to deteriorate, to find equilibrium, and so be strengthless and dead, there is, somehow, in nature a tremendous push upward.

From Recreations in Astronomy With Directions for Practical Experiments and Telescopic Work by Warren, Henry White

This proves of effective use in strengthless, languid indigestion, as well as for chronic rheumatism; it stimulates the stomach, and promotes the digestive secretions.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

"Behold," they cry, "she is grown soft and strengthless, All her proud memories changed to fear and fret."

From Poems of the Great War Published on the Behalf of the Prince of Wales's National Relief Fund by Various