Heroless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without a hero. not-comparable

    "In this heroless age, I knew that young adults need to hear what Rocky had to say. I knew that a person with his kind of charisma could get through with a message of the survival of that spirit."

Example

More examples

"In this heroless age, I knew that young adults need to hear what Rocky had to say. I knew that a person with his kind of charisma could get through with a message of the survival of that spirit."

Etymology

From hero + -less.

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