Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Bloodless

Bloodless , adjective

[Anglo-Saxon blōdleás.]

1.
Destitute of blood, or apparently so; as, bloodless cheeks; lifeless; dead.
The bloodless carcass of my Hector sold. — Dryden
2.
Not attended with shedding of blood, or slaughter; as, a bloodless victory. — Froude
3.
Without spirit or activity.
Thou bloodless remnant of that royal blood! — Shakespeare