spiritless
adjective
spiritless is spelled S-P-I-R-I-T-L-E-S-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, spiritless means “Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in spiritless?
| Letters | 10: S-P-I-R-I-T-L-E-S-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 36 million words; the 184,844th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is spiritless?
Spiritless appears about once in every 36 million words in written English, the 184,844th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of spiritless
- more spiritless comparative
- most spiritless superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does spiritless mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.
The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Spiritless in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense lacking energy or emotion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | apocado |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does spiritless come from?
From spirit + -less.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).