Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

muscleless

/ˈməsəl(l)ɪs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mus-cle-less
IPA: /ˈməsəl(l)ɪs/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Lacking muscle tissue.

adj

Feeble, weak, lacking strength or power.

Example Sentences

"Many people came there now—masculine women and muscleless men, for the most part."
"Sometimes she stood them in lines in her room and made them recite arithmetic tables, flogging the inaccurate with as much vigour as her arms would allow, flabby, muscleless arms, broad and loose towards the armpit, and swinging like dead flesh."
"In all these studies, the tendons that develop best in muscleless limbs are digital tendons."
"As they came near, even Marcia could note the sleek, soft look of the men, and their listless, muscleless gait; while their leader's hair and person literally reeked with perfumes."
"I stress that a golfer cannot ever be too boneless or too loose, nor too muscleless."

Etymology

From muscle + -less.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: muscle

Derived Forms

musclelessness

Questions

How do you pronounce muscleless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈməsəl(l)ɪs/.
What does muscleless mean?: Lacking muscle tissue.
Where does muscleless come from?: From muscle + -less.

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