meekless

English

Etymology

From meek +‎ -less.

Adjective

meekless (comparative more meekless, superlative most meekless)

  1. Characterised as lacking meekness; boastfully arrogant or proud.
    • 2017, Jonathan Holifield, Spiritual Gardening, page 137:
      God calls us to be a meek person because it is a meekless person who is quick to act out of anger or other emotions without considering the consequences of his/her actions.
    • 2021, Jim A. Kingslay, Kings, volume 1, page 6:
      From the abyss, an individual rose with a simple dream, to unite his people as one, and build a meekless kingdom never to fall.
    • 2022, Ashley DD Hajny, The Gold of Revelation, volume 2, page 8:
      A patient spirit is a mighty spirit, but the meekless man is crooked and twisted.
    • 2025, T D Owen, Gilles of Bec and The Cage Full of Birds:
      Blood, death, imprisonment, murder, torture were the carrion left in their trail, picked over by the equally meekless supplicants who professed loyalty and who, when the wind changed, demonstrated a degree of infidelity.
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