Sapless — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; - Norman Mailer

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈæpləs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈapləs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈapləs/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈæpləs/.

Examples

a feeble old woman
her body looked sapless
the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

weak rickety debile weakly feeble decrepit infirm

Parts of Speech

adjective	lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality “a feeble old woman”
adjective	destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; - Norman Mailer “the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks”

Word Forms

debility	noun	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
feebleness	noun	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
infirmity	noun	the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age)
weakness	noun	the property of lacking physical or mental strength; liability to failure under pressure or stress or strain

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

saftlos

es mangelt an körperlicher oder muskulärer Kraft oder Vitalität

🇫🇷French

sans sève

manque de force ou de vitalité physique ou musculaire

🇪🇸Spanish

sin savia

falta de fuerza o vitalidad corporal o muscular

🇮🇹Italian

senza linfa

mancanza di forza o vitalità fisica o muscolare

🇳🇱Dutch

saploos

gebrek aan lichamelijke of spierkracht of vitaliteit

🇵🇹Portuguese

sem energia

falta de força ou vitalidade corporal ou muscular

🇷🇺Russian

лишенный сока

недостаток телесной или мышечной силы или жизненной силы

India

🇮🇳Hindi

संगदिल

शारीरिक या मांसपेशियों की शक्ति या जीवन शक्ति की कमी

🇮🇳Tamil

மரக்கன்று இல்லாத

உடல் அல்லது தசை வலிமை அல்லது உயிர்ச்சக்தி இல்லாதது

🇮🇳Telugu

నారు లేని

శారీరక లేదా కండరాల బలం లేదా తేజము లేకపోవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

निर्जीव

शारीरिक किंवा स्नायूंची शक्ती किंवा चैतन्य नसणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સૅપલેસ

શારીરિક અથવા સ્નાયુબદ્ધ શક્તિ અથવા જોમનો અભાવ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಸಸಿರಹಿತ

ದೈಹಿಕ ಅಥವಾ ಸ್ನಾಯುವಿನ ಶಕ್ತಿ ಅಥವಾ ಚೈತನ್ಯದ ಕೊರತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നീരില്ലാത്ത

ശാരീരികമോ പേശീബലമോ ചൈതന്യമോ ഇല്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਬੇਦਾਗ

ਸਰੀਰਕ ਜਾਂ ਮਾਸਪੇਸ਼ੀ ਦੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਜਾਂ ਜੀਵਨਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੀ ਘਾਟ

🇵🇰Urdu

بے بی

جسمانی یا پٹھوں کی طاقت یا جیورنبل کی کمی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

无汁的

缺乏身体或肌肉力量或活力

🇯🇵Japanese

樹液のない

体力、筋力、活力が欠如している

🇰🇷Korean

수액이 없는

신체적, 근력이나 활력이 부족함

🇻🇳Vietnamese

khô khan

thiếu sức mạnh hoặc sức sống cơ thể hoặc cơ bắp

🇹🇭Thai

ไม่มีทรัพย์

ขาดกำลังหรือความมีชีวิตชีวาของร่างกายหรือกล้ามเนื้อ

🇮🇩Indonesian

lemah

kekurangan kekuatan atau vitalitas tubuh atau otot

🇵🇭Filipino

walang laman

kulang sa katawan o muscular strength o vitality

🇲🇾Malay

tanpa sapless

kekurangan kekuatan atau kecergasan badan atau otot

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عديم النبات

- الافتقار إلى القوة الجسدية أو العضلية أو الحيوية

🇮🇷Persian

بدون انگور

فاقد قدرت یا نشاط بدنی یا عضلانی

🇹🇷Turkish

zevksiz

bedensel veya kas gücünden veya canlılığından yoksun

🇮🇱Hebrew

חסרי צליל

חסר כוח או חיוניות גופני או שרירי

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