windless
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Etymology
Origin of windless
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at wind 1, -less
Example Sentences
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There are plenty of videos on TikTok showing “Shibumi fails” on windless beaches.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 23, 2026
Fortunately, we made it back safely to L.A. and a windless, 62-degree day in the middle of February.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2024
In California, for instance, cloudy and windless conditions might last several days, whereas the same conditions might last for only a few hours in Texas.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 11, 2023
On a clear, windless day in April, a fire at an aging substation sparked an island-wide outage that took days to recover from.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 20, 2022
As they watched, down the hot road in the windless light first one white woman and then another arrived, all of them with stunned faces, all of them rustling like ancient papers.
From "The Martian Chronicles" by Ray Bradbury
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