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Etymology

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From sport +‎ -less.

Adjective

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sportless (comparative more sportless, superlative most sportless)

  1. Without sport.
    • 1914, Robert Haven Schauffler, The Joyful Heart[1]:
      There is, of course, something to be said for sportless exercise.
  2. (obsolete) Without mirth; joyless.
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