virtueless

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adjective

Lacking virtue or goodness.

OriginMiddle English vertulees →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. Lacking virtue or goodness.
  2. Lacking efficacy.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishvertulees
  2. Englishvirtueless

From Middle English vertulees; equivalent to virtue + -less.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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