valorless
English
Etymology
valor + -less
Alternative forms
- valourless
Adjective
valorless (comparative more valorless, superlative most valorless)
- Without valor.
- 1888, Herman Friedrich Grimm, Fanny Elizabeth Bunnett, Life of Michael Angelo - Volume 1, page 387:
- Trivulzio, who, after Chaumont's death, had commanded the troops of the French king in Lombardy, advanced again against Bologna, and drove before him the valorless, retreating army of the pope.
- 1998, Marius Buning, Matthijs Engelberts, Beckett Versus Beckett, →ISBN, page 300:
- Beckett's characters exist in a post-Christian void; to juxtapose their wounds with Christ's only demonstrates just how valueless and valorless their own suffering is.
- 2005, Robert E. Eberly -, Bouquets from the Cannon's Mouth:
- As soon as poor Richie was out of the hole the valorless Major presented his revolver at his head and endeavored to shoot him but the weapon refused to respond, and after snapping it for a while, threw it into the river in disgust.
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