What's the difference between meacock and spiritless?

Meacock


Definition:

  • (n.) An uxorious, effeminate, or spiritless man.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The only way for the government to turn this crisis around is to urgently invest in the genuinely affordable homes we need.” Guy Meacock, head of the London office of buying agency Prime Purchase, said his firm was seeing more international buyers than it did earlier in the year.
  • (2) Asked what effect putting on more services at weekends would have, given the NHS’s limited supply of doctors, Rachel Meacock, a health economist at Manchester University, said: “We would have to reduce weekday services.
  • (3) Meacock also stated that “there is absolutely no causal evidence that consultant staffing levels are causing the weekend effect”.

Spiritless


Definition:

  • (a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed.
  • (a.) Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire.
  • (a.) Having no breath; extinct; dead.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) But he was left demanding a reaction against West Bromwich Albion at St James’ Park on Saturday following a spiritless display.
  • (2) After fighting for her life for over two weeks, our beloved and irreplaceable Andreea – wonderful daughter, sister, partner, dedicated friend and the most unique and life-loving person you can imagine – was cruelly and brutally ripped away from our lives in the most heartless and spiritless way,” the family’s statement said.

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