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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

Nature does not attempt placid lowland pictures on a steep hillside, nor dramatic landscape effects in a horizonless meadow, therefore why should you?

From The Garden, You, and I by Mabel Osgood Wright

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