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At least 450 of Pearl River's 670 students remained, lunchless, in the sweltering gym.

From Time Magazine Archive

They themselves eat in shacks like these, and if all the shacks like these disappeared in Lagos, they will go lunchless, unable to afford anything else.

From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It struck me as ludicrous that I, who had been one of them, should be lying there lunchless.

From Carry On Letters in War-Time by Dawson, Coningsby

It was an offering on the shrine of Fashion, and represented many lunchless days.

From Buttered Side Down: Stories by Ferber, Edna

Yes, three! and since twenty-minutes to one he had been locked in lunchless!

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 93., October 1, 1887 by Various