fancilessadj.
Of persons, compositions, etc.: Destitute of fancy.
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the mind > mental capacity > thought > absence of thought > [adjective]
unfurnished1549
vacant1579
thoughtless1594
thoughtfree1652
unthinking1688
incogitative1690
incogitant1702
fanciless1753
vacuous1854
the mind > emotion > suffering > feeling of weariness or tedium > [adjective] > wearisome or tedious > lacking inspiration
fanciless1753
unfanciful1814
uninspiring1815
uninventful1856
inventionless1887
terre-à-terre1888
inspirationless1896
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > matter-of-fact
dry1626
matter of fact1787
unfabled1809
fanciless1868
1753 J. Armstrong Taste 185 A pert, or bluff important wight, Whose brain is fanciless.
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. 546 These [compositions]..are fanciless, and no more fit for one instrument than another.
1800–24 T. Campbell View from St. Leonard's in Poems 53 Who can be so fanciless as to feel no gratitude.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. 162 Fanciless men.
1868 R. Browning Ring & Bk. I. i. 8 In this book lay absolutely truth, Fanciless fact.
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