Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Cheerless; dismal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of joy; having no joy; sad.
- Affording no joy or pleasure.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective without
joy ; unhappy, sad
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not experiencing or inspiring joy
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Examples
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Investors concerned by evidence of what is being called a joyless recovery.
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Then Mr. Mill's life as disclosed to us in these pages has been called joyless, by that sect of religious partisans whose peculiarity is to mistake boisterousness for unction.
Critical Miscellanies, Vol. 3 (of 3) Essay 2: The Death of Mr Mill - Essay 3: Mr Mill's Autobiography John Morley 1880
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The word "joyless" only showed up once in the article.
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At the same time and Election Central seized on the word "joyless" as its primary take on the article.
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The piece, which has just gone up online, argues that the Edwards campaign is "joyless" and is hampered by a sense that the campaign is little more than a vehicle for him to discuss his signature issue of poverty.
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The word "joyless" does come up only once, but the paragraphs around it describe a campaign, and a candidate wearied by the meaningless mini-events he has to attend.
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The word "joyless" only showed up once in the article.
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What kind of joyless existence must these people live?
Ten Great Movies That Got Terrible Reviews | Best Week Ever 2008
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I don’t know what kind of joyless asshat you have to be to dump on something that was significant to someone else
Why review comics? or, the Fight Club syndrome | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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I don't know what kind of joyless asshat you have to be to dump on something that was significant to someone else, but after spelunking through comic book forums the last year or two, I'm starting to get the picture...
Why review comics? or, the Fight Club syndrome | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources 2008
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