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doorless

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[dawr-lis] / ˈdɔr lɪs /

adjective

  1. (of a room, vehicle, shower, etc.) without a door to close the opening or openings intended for entry and exit.

  2. having no door or means of entry and exit; entirely walled in.


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Cosm’s visuals are so crisp that at times they can simulate movement and dimension, and we get dizzyingly lost when the characters are trapped in a seemingly doorless room.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

The video was seemingly everywhere on the Chinese internet: A middle-aged woman standing in a doorless brick shack, a dazed expression on her face, wearing no coat though it was the middle of winter.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

“Depending on the style of the space, you can use fabric, crochet or wooden beads to block off a doorless frame without actually having to install a door,” House Beautiful says.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 1, 2021

Perhaps one day, our Sims will band together to dismantle our doorless boxes and our ladderless pools, and they will walk together into the techno-ether, bidding us one final sul-sul.

From The Verge • Feb. 7, 2020

The street was lined on both sides by blank, doorless, windowless walls.

From "Twilight" by Stephenie Meyer

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