gumptionless

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adjective

Lacking gumption.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English gumption →
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Meanings

adjectivegumptionless (comparative more gumptionless, superlative most gumptionless)

comparative more gumptionless · superlative most gumptionless

  1. Lacking gumption.

    You're the most gumptionless person on earth.

    1989, Howard Lewis Russell, Iced Tea and Ignorance
    2 more examples

    But I am no gumptionless Eve, that he should beguile me.

    1901, Samuel Rutherford Crockett, Cinderella

    No actress that I know can so mingle dewy pathos and the salt of sanity: yet she must forego these in favour of gumptionless Dianas.

    1924, James Agate, The Contemporary Theatre

Origin

  1. Englishgumption
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishgumptionless

From gumption + -less.

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APA

gumptionless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumptionless

MLA

“gumptionless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumptionless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gumptionless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gumptionless.

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