: 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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So afternoon, for Gospodinov, is the time for boredom, memory, a kind of weightless solitude—and, now, the time for grief.
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James Wood, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Your insides become weightless, like when a fast elevator suddenly stops, or a plane drops from turbulence.
—Stephanie Land, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Rice protein fortifies each strand to reduce breakage, while hyaluronic acid provides weightless hydration so hair stays soft without feeling heavy.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Stephen Curry is still weightless mayhem along the perimeter, and the 37-year-old dropped a scintillant 42, then 35 points on back-to-back nights last week.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
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James Wood, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Your insides become weightless, like when a fast elevator suddenly stops, or a plane drops from turbulence.
—Stephanie Land, Time, 30 Oct. 2025
Rice protein fortifies each strand to reduce breakage, while hyaluronic acid provides weightless hydration so hair stays soft without feeling heavy.
—Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Stephen Curry is still weightless mayhem along the perimeter, and the 37-year-old dropped a scintillant 42, then 35 points on back-to-back nights last week.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for weightless
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“Weightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/weightless. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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weightless
adjective
weight·less
ˈwāt-ləs 
: having little weight : lacking apparent gravitational pull
weightlessness
noun
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