Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without light; giving no light; dark.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Destitute of light; dark.
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- adjective Lacking
light ;unilluminated
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective without illumination
- adjective giving no light
Etymologies
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Examples
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Thus when I read of the possible annihilation of the elephant or the whale, or the pouring of oven cleaner or cosmetics into the eyes of live kittens, or the close confinement of pigs and calves in lightless pens, I feel myself confronted by human stupidity, which I recognize as an enemy.
Political Animals 2002
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Thus when I read of the possible annihilation of the elephant or the whale, or the pouring of oven cleaner or cosmetics into the eyes of live kittens, or the close confinement of pigs and calves in lightless pens, I feel myself confronted by human stupidity, which I recognize as an enemy.
Political Animals 2002
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In conclusion, Charleston's journalism isn't just "lightless" because of some mystical word-suck positioned over W. Va-if you want talent, you have to pay for it.
unknown title 2008
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That's the lightless pit of hell calling the noonday sky black.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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That's the lightless pit of hell calling the noonday sky black.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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Suddenly I was drifting in a cocoon, soundless, lightless, no sharp edges or uneven surfaces.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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Suddenly I was drifting in a cocoon, soundless, lightless, no sharp edges or uneven surfaces.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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That's the lightless pit of hell calling the noonday sky black.
Tallulah Morehead: Survivor 21: Infants vs. Senior Citizens : Spinning Marty Tallulah Morehead 2010
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It had a creepy lightless attic, in which we occasionally heard mysterious footsteps, and
Jennifer Finney Boylan discusses "I'm Looking Through You" 2010
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When I opened the door and looked through the grille separating the lightless enclosure from the visitors' parlor, I found her standing under the massive crucifix, looking up at the pale and bleeding Christ.
INVIDIA Adriana Renescu 2012
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