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sightless

[ sahyt-lis ]

adjective

  1. unable to see; blind.


sightless

/ ˈɪٱɪ /

adjective

  1. blind
  2. invisible
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٱԱ, noun
  • ˈٱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • l· adverb
  • l·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of sightless1

1200–50; Middle English. See sight, -less
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Example Sentences

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Possibly to save audiences from a similar fate, we were never permitted to see these terrors, leaving us as sightless as the movie’s scrabbling survivors.

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The sightless child knows the other children, all able to see, are there but is left to stumble around, using sounds and knowledge of the space they're in as guides.

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Chinese red-headed centipedes, which are sightless, use an unusual thermal sensor to detect sunlight, a study has found.

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Chinese red-headed centipedes are not the only sightless creatures that can perceive light.

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They’re sightless and feed by filtering tiny organisms and organic matter from the water.

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