lightless

[ lahyt-lis ]
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adjective
  1. without light or lights; receiving no light; dark.

  2. giving no light.

Origin of lightless

1
before 1000; Middle English lihtles,Old English lēohtlēas.See light1, -less

Other words from lightless

  • light·less·ness, noun

Words Nearby lightless

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How to use lightless in a sentence

  • She quickly closed the door behind her and sped off down the line of now lightless cabins.

    West Wind Drift | George Barr McCutcheon
  • These underground kitchens must eventually die out, and our children will wonder why we used such airless, lightless places.

    Household Organization | Florence Caddy
  • I suppose everyone at some time has imagined himself irrevocably imprisoned, cast into some lightless dungeon and left to die.