Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Without weight; light.

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  • adjective Lacking poise; ungraceful.

Etymologies

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poise +‎ -less

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Examples

  • And while I watch a video on her website in which she appears as the epitome of grace and poise, her reaction to being published again, after a gap of 10 years, is quite winningly graceless and poiseless.

    Polly Samson: 'Don't call me Mrs Gilmour'

  • And while I watch a video on her website in which she appears as the epitome of grace and poise, her reaction to being published again, after a gap of 10 years, is quite winningly graceless and poiseless.

    The Guardian World News

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