viewless

[ vyoo-lis ]

/ ˈvyu lɪs /

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adjective

giving no view: a viewless window.

without an opinion or opinions.

Obsolete. that cannot be seen; invisible.

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Origin of viewless

First recorded in 1595–1605; view + -less

OTHER WORDS FROM viewless

view·less·ly, adverb

Words nearby viewless

viewership, viewfinder, view halloa, view halloo, viewing, viewless, view mark, viewpoint, viewy, VIFF, vig

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How to use viewless in a sentence

It always reminded me most of a fog at sea: a ship creeping "o'er the hueless, viewless deep."
The Home of the Blizzard|Douglas Mawson
Is your viewless, formless electricity anything more or anything less than my god?
The Doomsman|Van Tassel Sutphen
Next day the man's orchard was shaken by viewless hands and the fruit thrown down.
Myths And Legends Of Our Own Land, Complete|Charles M. Skinner
Often by the setting moon I see the ghosts of my children; half viewless they walk in mournful conference together.
The Sorrows of Young Werther|J.W. von Goethe

Feasting on the blood of warriors foul pisachas fill the air, Viewless forms of hungry rakshas limb from limb the corpses tear!
Maha-bharata|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for viewless

viewless

/ (ˈvjuːlɪs) /

adjective

(of windows, etc) not affording a view

having no opinions

poetic invisible

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