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windowless

American  
[win-doh-lis] / ˈwɪn doʊ lɪs /

adjective

  1. not furnished with any windows; lacking any view of or ventilation from the outside.


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The Backrooms began with a single unsettling image posted anonymously online: a claustrophobic warren of tawdrily yellow, windowless rooms with aged carpets and harsh overhead fluorescent lights.

From Science Daily Jul. 26, 2026

The apartment is on the second floor of a fourplex, up a windowless staircase.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2026

Wu, who uses a translator in his news conferences, shared a bed with his father in a windowless flat in the Steel City as he tried to carve out a career in professional snooker.

From BBC May 5, 2026

Living in cramped, windowless containers and only able to leave for serious medical emergencies, she said inhabitants "felt helpless" during the Iranian attacks.

From Barron's Apr. 27, 2026

I was shown into another room, smaller and stuffier still, windowless and airless.

From "The Girl on the Train" by Paula Hawkins

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