• (a.) Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire. • (a.) Having no breath; extinct; dead. • (a.) Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/spiritless/
Spir'it·less adjective 1. Destitute of spirit; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. 2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage, or fire. « A men so faint, so spiritless , So dull, so dead in lock, so woebegone.» Shak. 3. ... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/166