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sightless

American  
[sahyt-lis] / ˈsaɪt lɪs /

adjective

  1. unable to see; blind.

  2. invisible.


sightless British  
/ ˈsaɪtlɪs /

adjective

  1. blind

  2. invisible

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Etymology

Origin of sightless

1200–50; Middle English. See sight, -less

Example Sentences

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Ben - who prefers to be known as Sightless Kombat, or SK - is a gamer without sight who regularly streams on Twitch.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2023

She did, though, agree to appear as the inspiration for a local comic strip in the 1990s, called “Adventures of a Sightless Streetsinger.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2022

Audience Enters a Sightless World, Where Listening Becomes a Lifeline Breaking down the ingrained resistance an audience often brings to a challenging new work can be a good thing.

From New York Times • Jul. 10, 2013

Sightless, earless and adrift in the open ocean, coral larvae seek to settle on tropical reefs by swimming toward the throbs of muttering fish and snapping-shrimp claws.

From New York Times • Mar. 15, 2012

Sightless though she was, as Io knew, for anything not close before her eyes, she came to him, as inevitably, as unerringly as steel to the magnet, and was folded in his arms.

From Success A Novel by Adams, Samuel Hopkins