The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word SPIRITLESS
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More clues leading to the result SPIRITLESS
- Dejected, post-exorcism?
- Dejected sister, lips quivering
- Languid, having given up the ghost?
- Doing without strong drink –- it’s discouraged
- Dejected, being deprived of whisky?
- Priest is soul losing heart, sadly lacking in ardour
- ‘Medium’ hopefully not so droopy
- Rents going up, it’s not so much weak
- Flat not in need of exorcism?
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The straight part
We know that "Dejected/post-exorcism?" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case dejected/post-exorcism? = spiritless.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SPIRITLESS mean?
SPIRITLESS adjective- Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.