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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

I saw us all caught by something huge and hungry, a viewless, impartial appetite which swallowed us all without examination; which was slowly eating me.

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

If a wire grounds And interpenetrates the granite blocks With viewless fire, horses shod with steel, Walking along the granite blocks will leap Like mad things in the air.

From Domesday Book by Masters, Edgar Lee

He came in tongues of living flame, To teach, convince, subdue, All powerful as the wind He came, And viewless too.

From The Whole Armour of God by Jowett, John Henry

It was a universe in solution as viewless as ether, and as intangible as mind.

From The Universe a Vast Electric Organism by Warder, George Woodward