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sleepless
[sleep-lis]
adjective
without sleep.
a sleepless night.
watchful; alert.
sleepless devotion to duty.
always active.
the sleepless ocean.
sleepless
/ ˈːɪ /
adjective
without sleep or rest
a sleepless journey
unable to sleep
always watchful or alert
poeticalways active or moving
the sleepless tides
Other Word Forms
- sleeplessly adverb
- sleeplessness noun
- ˈ adverb
- ˈԱ noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of sleepless1
Example Sentences
Elsewhere, world number one Jannik Sinner said he had "a few sleepless nights" after losing to Carlos Alcaraz in the French Open final.
His Chinese mother had received the immigration notice in April, and after many sleepless nights, she decided to take a month off from her cleaning job to obtain the certificate.
She has sleepless nights, a tight chest and feels emotionally disconnected.
"We dream of the war being over, or at least a temporary ceasefire, because my children are exhausted. The nerves, the medications, the sleepless nights. It's too much."
As the skies unleashed six months of rain in February over North Queensland, Australia, many locals endured sleepless nights, unsure what level of flooding and damage they would wake up to.
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