Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without sport or mirth; joyless.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Without sport or mirth; joyless.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Without sport.
  • adjective obsolete Without mirth; joyless.

Etymologies

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sport +‎ -less

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Examples

  • There is, of course, something to be said for sportless exercise.

    The Joyful Heart Robert Haven Schauffler 1921

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