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SUNLESS

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sun⋅less

[suhn-lis]
–adjective
1. lacking sun or sunlight; dark: a sunless room.
2. dismal; gloomy; cheerless: a sunless smile.

Origin:
1580–90; sun + -less


sun⋅less⋅ly, adverb
sun⋅less⋅ness, noun
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sun·less   (sŭn'lĭs)   
adj.  
  1. Being without sunlight; dark or overcast: a sunless moor.

  2. Gloomy; cheerless: a sunless life.

sun'less·ness n.
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