Definition of Forceless

1. Adjective. Lacking force; feeble. "A forceless argument"

Exact synonyms: Unforceful
Similar to: Wimpish, Wimpy
Antonyms: Forceful

Definition of Forceless

1. a. Having little or no force; feeble.

Definition of Forceless

1. Adjective. Without force. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Forceless

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Forceless

1. Having little or no force; feeble. "These forceless flowers like sturdy trees support me." (Shak) Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Forceless

forced out
forced respiration
forced rhyme
forced rhymes
forced sale
forced vital capacity
forcedly
forcedness
forcefield
forcefields
forceful
forcefull
forcefully
forcefulness
forcefulnesses
forceless (current term)
forcemeat
forcemeats
forcement
forcené
forceout
forceouts
forceps
forceps anterior
forceps delivery
forceps major
forceps minor
forceps posterior
forcepses
forcepslike

Literary usage of Forceless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Electromagnetic Theory by Oliver Heaviside (1893)
"The forceless and Torqueless Stress. § 143. We may also find expressions for the stored energy from the equation of motion. The work done and stored by the ..."

2. The Chief American Poets by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"... whose decays no harvest But, when we vanish hence, Shall they lie forceless in the dark below, Save to make green their little length SOW. ..."

3. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1895)
"This would seem to indicate that what in our perception appears as forceless, empty space corresponds in extra-conscious reality to a force-endowed medium, ..."

4. Philosophical Problems in the Light of Vital Organization by Edmund Montgomery (1907)
"But, as repeatedly urged, motion is itself nothing but a mere forceless ... The same forceless nature attaches to the sensation of effort and to other ..."

5. The Clinical Journal (1899)
"When the urine does come (and very likely the man will have to wait a minute or two before it does), it is in a small absolutely forceless stream, ..."

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