adj

joyless

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Joyless (adj) means not happy; sad or dull.

adj

Not happy; sad or dull.

"Without Joy, my life is joyless!"

"“It comes from chasing the fun,” says Regan. “A lot of the working-class cinema I grew up watching was so joyless. Endless trauma.”" — Cath Clarke, ‘A lot of working-class cinema is so joyless’: Charlotte Regan on her candy-coloured debut Scrapper (2023)

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