sunless

adjective

sun·​less ˈsən-ləs How to pronounce sunless (audio)
Synonyms of sunlessnext
1
: lacking sunshine : dark
In the bay's sunless middle depths, other-worldly creatures drift through the darkness …—Tom Waters
2
: cheerless
But now and then he gave us a sermon … some would call a very good one; but sunless and severe.—Anne Brontë

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mental patients who were once condemned to spend their lives in the sunless confines of a state asylum
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The result, in both its grace notes and its gestalt, freakishly summons the placeless, timeless, sunless anti-aesthetics of a turn-of-the-millennium strip-mall buffet. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 Those last months spent hiding from Pakistani police in a sunless room. — George Packer, The Atlantic, 13 May 2026 The bits of name tags that had yellowed and faded, even in a sunless corridor. — Literary Hub, 27 Apr. 2026 There’s never been a better time to prioritize sunless tanning. — Tori Crowther, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for sunless

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First Known Use

1589, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of sunless was in 1589

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sunless

adjective
sun·​less ˈsən-ləs How to pronounce sunless (audio)
: lacking sunshine : dark
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