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LIGHTLESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does lightless mean?
• LIGHTLESS (adjective)
The adjective LIGHTLESS has 2 senses:
1. giving no light
2. without illumination
Familiarity information: LIGHTLESS used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving no light
Context example:
lightless stars 'visible' only to radio antennae
Similar:
invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
Derivation:
lightlessness (total absence of light)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without illumination
Synonyms:
lightless; unilluminated; unlighted; unlit
Context example:
through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Derivation:
lightlessness (total absence of light)
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