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viewless

American  
[vyoo-lis] / ˈvyu lɪs /

adjective

  1. giving no view.

    a viewless window.

  2. without an opinion or opinions.

  3. Obsolete. that cannot be seen; invisible.


viewless British  
/ ˈvjuːlɪs /

adjective

  1. (of windows, etc) not affording a view

  2. having no opinions

  3. poetic invisible

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Word Forms

  • viewlessly adverb

Etymology

Origin of viewless

First recorded in 1595–1605; view + -less

Example Sentences

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The first 2 miles consist of a tough, viewless uphill trudge.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 25, 2023

A sylvan Spirit, whose sweet mouth doth breathe Her viewless presence near us, unafraid?

From Kentucky Poems by Cawein, Madison J.

Here and there scarlet or green lights moved over the waters, given by the viewless barks that bore them the look of weird, wandering jack-o'-lanterns.

From An Ambitious Woman A Novel by Fawcett, Edgar

I had an impression of being at a viewless distance from the sun.

From The Sea and the Jungle by Tomlinson, H. M. (Henry Major)

And some a viewless message send,     Whose airy flight their speed outstrips; And all their yearnings hither tend:     I go to meet the coming ships.

From Canada, My Land and Other Compositions in Verse by MacKeracher, W. M.