unspirited

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adjective

Not spirited; lacking animation or liveliness.

OriginEnglish spirited ← Middle English spirit ← Old French espirit →
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Meanings

adjectiveunspirited (comparative more unspirited, superlative most unspirited)

comparative more unspirited · superlative most unspirited

  1. Not spirited; lacking animation or liveliness.

    Denmark has continued ever since weak and unspirited

    1690, William Temple, Miscellanea. The Second Part. […], London: […] T. M. for Ri[chard] and Ra[lph] Simpson, […], →OCLC, page 18

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  9. Latinspīrō
  10. Latinspīritu
  11. Old Frenchespirit
  12. Middle Englishspirit
  13. Englishspirited
  14. Englishunspirited

From un- + spirited.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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