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LIGHTLESS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Without illumination

Example:

through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets

Synonyms:

lightless; unilluminated; unlighted; unlit

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)

Derivation:

lightlessness (total absence of light)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Giving no light

Example:

lightless stars 'visible' only to radio antennae

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)

Derivation:

lightlessness (total absence of light)

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