unsinew

From un- +‎ sinew.

unsinew (third-person singular simple present unsinews, present participle unsinewing, simple past and past participle unsinewed)

1. (archaic, transitive, usually figurative) To deprive of sinews or strength.
   • 1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry:

     Th' unsinew'd poem languishes and dies

• “unsinew”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.