adjective
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having no lid or top
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(of animals) having no eyelids
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archaic vigilant and watchful
Etymology
Origin of lidless
Example Sentences
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You follow its curving paths, and just when you think you’re free of the maze, you find yourself staring into America’s dead, lidless eyes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2023
To visualize these plumes, we set up a typical lidless commercial toilet with a flushometer-style valve found throughout North America in our lab.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2023
When the woes of the world lay heavy on my addled mind and my lidless, staring eyes are like two skinned grapes, I creep downstairs and pour myself a bowl of vitamin-fortified solace.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 14, 2022
A sort of fishy Frankenstein, the alligator gar fuses the bloated body of a catfish with the vicious maw of an alligator and the lidless gaze of a serial killer.
From The Verge ● Dec. 20, 2015
To Bull, death could be a matter of inches and could be read as clearly as an alphabet in the lidless eyes of gauges.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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