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LIGHTLESS
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
through dark unlighted (or unlit) streets
Synonyms:
lightless; unilluminated; unlighted; unlit
Classified under:
Similar:
dark (devoid of or deficient in light or brightness; shadowed or black)
Derivation:
lightlessness (total absence of light)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Example:
lightless stars 'visible' only to radio antennae
Classified under:
Similar:
invisible; unseeable (impossible or nearly impossible to see; imperceptible by the eye)
Derivation:
lightlessness (total absence of light)