Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without desire; indifferent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Free from desire.
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- adjective Free from
desire .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Rule one: Be desireless because "chicks are like hunters."
'The Tao Of Steve' 2008
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If the ultimate reality is the Will-to-live, how is the alleged desireless contemplation possible in art?
PROBLEM OF EVIL RADOSLAV A. TSANOFF 1968
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Heaven as "placid, tranquil, desireless, inactive, and unbusied" (p. 93), all attributes ascribed by the Taoists to their Mundane Soul, Tao.
Lunheng 1962
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Heaven's fluid is placid, desireless, and unbusied.
Lunheng 1962
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Those persons that are devoted to Narayana with their whole souls and are desireless succeed in attaining to the region of that highest of deities, identical with Brahma, pure in complexion, possessed of the effulgence of the moon and endued with immutability.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Thus have I recited to thee the religion of desireless Devotees, O best of kings, incapable of being comprehended by persons of uncleansed souls but this I acquired through the grace of my preceptor.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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We can present our desireless hearts for His recreating grace.
The Friend on the Road and Other Studies in the Gospels 1817-1893 1922
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We can set our wills against our own desireless hearts.
The Friend on the Road and Other Studies in the Gospels 1817-1893 1922
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'Tis Time, Time, desireless, hath shown thee what thou art;
Oedipus King of Thebes Translated into English Rhyming Verse with Explanatory Notes 495? BC-406 BC Sophocles 1911
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There was quiet friendliness deep in his calm, desireless eyes.
Son of Power Zamin Ki Dost 1905
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