: having little weight : lacking apparent gravitational pull
weightlessly
adverb
weightlessness
noun
Examples of weightless in a Sentence
a light fabric that feels almost weightless
She floated in the pool, weightless.
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This thinking was the inspiration behind one of Janes’s latest debuts—a featherweight complexion savior that suspends weightless spherical powders within a liquid serum base, while sinking almost instantly into skin.
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
The powder’s satin finish and weightless texture are thanks to jojoba oil, which also conditions brow hairs.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Jan. 2026
Piccioli says), but his ready-to-wear, be that jeans or peacoats, also feels weightless in a similar way technical athleisure does, mimicking the way Cristóbal Balenciaga made his couture lighter and more comfortable with the invention of a new fabric weave called gazar.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026
SpaceForge, founded in 2018, plans to use a similar furnace on a future satellite to manufacture a batch of novel semiconductors directly in the weightless environment of space.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
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Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2026
The powder’s satin finish and weightless texture are thanks to jojoba oil, which also conditions brow hairs.
—Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Jan. 2026
Piccioli says), but his ready-to-wear, be that jeans or peacoats, also feels weightless in a similar way technical athleisure does, mimicking the way Cristóbal Balenciaga made his couture lighter and more comfortable with the invention of a new fabric weave called gazar.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 16 Jan. 2026
SpaceForge, founded in 2018, plans to use a similar furnace on a future satellite to manufacture a batch of novel semiconductors directly in the weightless environment of space.
—Tereza Pultarova, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
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“Weightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weightless. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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weightless
adjective
weight·less
ˈwāt-ləs 
: having little weight : lacking apparent gravitational pull
weightlessness
noun
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