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Not having joy; not causing joy; unenjoyable. -- Joy"less*ly, adv. -- Joy"less*ness, n. With downcast eyes the joyless victor sat. Dryden. Youth and health and war are joyless to him. Addison. [He] pining for the lass, Is joyless of the grove, and spurns the growing grass. Dryden.

Lacking juice; dry. Dr. H. More.

A gutter, groove, or channel.

Destitute of kindness; unnatural.[Obs.] "Kindless villain." Shak.

Having no king. F. Lieber.

Unbecoming a knight. [Obs.] "Knightless guile." Spenser.

Free from knots; without knots. "Silver firs with knotless trunks." Congreve.

Not involving labor; not laborious; easy.

amp, or without light; hence, being without appreciation; dull. Your ladies' eyes are lampless to that virtue. Beau. & Fl.

Having no property in land.

Lacking or wanting language; speechless; silent. Shak.

Not laughing; without laughter.

Contrary to, or unauthorized by, law; illegal; as, a lawless claim. He needs no indirect nor lawless course. Shak.

Having no leaves or foliage; bearing no foliage. "Leafless groves." Cowper. -- Leaf"less*ness, n. Leafless plants, plants having no foliage, though leaves may be present in the form of scales and bracts. See Leaf, n., 1 and 2.

Leafless. [Obs.] Carew.

Not having a leg.

Not having a letter.

Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful. A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson.

containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. -- Life"less*ness, n.

Destitute of light; dark. Shak.