sapless

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From sap + -less.

He is either a foreigner or has lived long in the tropics, for he is yellow and sapless, but tough as whipcord. — His last bow : $b Some later reminiscences of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
A vast forest of enormous trees lifted leafless, sapless branches to the sky, and every breath of wind rattled them together like the bones of a skeleton. — Tales of Wonder Every Child Should Know, Unknown
Every drop Of blood that circles in your plethoric veins Was wrung from out the gaunt and sapless trunks Of men like me, who in your cursed mills Were crushed like grapes within the wine-press ground. — Selected Works of Voltairine de Cleyre, Voltairine De Cleyre

decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, weak, weakly

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