sunless

[ suhn-lis ]

adjective

1. lacking sun or sunlight; dark:

   a sunless room.

2. dismal; gloomy; cheerless:

   a sunless smile.

sunless

/ ˈsʌnlɪs /

adjective

1. without sun or sunshine
2. gloomy; depressing

Derived Forms

• ˈsunlessly, adverb
• ˈsunlessness, noun

Other Words From

• sunless·ly adverb
• sunless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of sunless¹

First recorded in 1580–90; sun + -less

Example Sentences

Now, Kim, Khloé, and Kourtney have decided to take their skincare efforts one step further and launch a sunless tanning line.

From The Daily Beast

The head of it faces the doors of the prison; its tail descends into the sunless slums of the Low Calton.

From Project Gutenberg

It was an incredible thing that such a flower of affection should have bloomed so sweetly in such sunless cells.

From Project Gutenberg

He knew which side of the tree to tap, too, and avoided the sunless northern exposure.

From Project Gutenberg

This phase was to the poor lawyer's hapless passion like the late season known as the Indian summer after a sunless year.

From Project Gutenberg

A flash went through him, like lightning in a sunless sky, conjuring up in him strange phantasms.

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