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horizonless

American  
[huh-rahy-zuhn-lis] / həˈraɪ zən lɪs /

adjective

  1. lacking or without a horizon.

  2. without hope; hopeless.


Etymology

Origin of horizonless

horizon + -less

Example Sentences

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They are noticers despite the days of horizonless work.

From Seattle Times Dec. 3, 2021

In the opening section, we find ourselves literally at sea in a clip from Brazilian filmmaker Glauber Rocha’s 1967 “Entranced Earth,” showing, in aerial view, a swelling, glittering, apparently horizonless Atlantic Ocean.

From New York Times Oct. 12, 2018

It is a dark silhouette against a horizonless surround, in which the white ice of the foreground grades into a lightly greying sky.

From The Guardian Jul. 28, 2018

In front of us, there is nothing but horizonless blue ocean.

From Scientific American Feb. 12, 2018

Macaulay, in his Essay, has much to say about the splendor and horizonless magnitude of that equipment. 

From Is Shakespeare Dead? From my autobiography. by Twain, Mark

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