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sightless

[sahyt-lis]

adjective

  1. unable to see; blind.

  2. invisible.



sightless

/ ˈ²õ²¹Éª³Ù±ôɪ²õ /

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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Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms

  • sightlessly adverb
  • sightlessness noun
  • ˈ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ô±ð²õ²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
  • ˈ²õ¾±²µ³ó³Ù±ô±ð²õ²õ±ô²â adverb
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51³Ô¹Ï 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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