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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality
Example:
her body looked sapless
Synonyms:
debile; decrepit; feeble; infirm; rickety; sapless; weak; weakly
Classified under:
Similar:
frail (physically weak)
Derivation:
debility (the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age))