eyeless

as in blind
lacking the power of sight his failing eyesight makes him fear that he may be eyeless in old age

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Adjective
  • Each year, thousands of bourbons are blind tasted by expert judges from around the globe.
    Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 16 July 2025
  • The vastly experienced reporter, who is blind, was granted the interview to mark a year since the assassination attempt on Trump near Butler, Pennsylvania, last year.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • These tiny fossorial ophidians — though not the tiniest (that title belongs to this 4-inch snake from Barbados) — are nearly sightless.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • By hooking up the brains of blind rats to compasses, scientists in Japan found the sightless rodents could navigate a maze nearly as well as normally sighted rats.
    IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 2 Apr. 2015
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“Eyeless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eyeless. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.

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