as in darkened
being without light or without much light
wondered what might be lurking in the lightless corners of the basement
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Recent Examples of lightless
The boy grows up in the lightless void before managing to escape.
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Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
At night, lightless streets turn into treacherous obstacle courses, especially after snow and rain.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
Tracking swarms of flea-size organisms through the lightless depths is trickier than following migrating whales across hemispheres.
—Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
After the humans arrived, Fred stayed in his lightless bog for millennia as the land was worked above, the forests shaped by fire and the fields sowed with corn, beans, and squash.
—Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
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Noah Berlatsky, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2022
At night, lightless streets turn into treacherous obstacle courses, especially after snow and rain.
—Michael Birnbaum, Washington Post, 23 Nov. 2022
Tracking swarms of flea-size organisms through the lightless depths is trickier than following migrating whales across hemispheres.
—Katherine Harmon Courage, Scientific American, 1 Aug. 2022
After the humans arrived, Fred stayed in his lightless bog for millennia as the land was worked above, the forests shaped by fire and the fields sowed with corn, beans, and squash.
—Peter Brannen, The Atlantic, 22 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lightless
Adjective
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By becoming the light in a darkened world, everyone becomes a firefly that helps to illuminate the way back home to each other.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
29 Oct. 2025
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Over the weekend, around 16,000 people paid their respects to the designer at his funeral chamber at the Armani Teatro designed by Tadao Ando, filled with white flowers and paper lanterns on the floor in a diagonal grid formation dimly lit up the darkened venue.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Prince Harry wore a black blazer over a white T-shirt with dark pants.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Its legs are a similar pale yellow color covered with irregular black and dark-brown markings, according to Omelko.—
Lauren Liebhaber,
Miami Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Philadelphia 76ers' immediate and medium-term future looked murky coming into this season.—
Robert Marvi,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Still, Kenya’s longer-term political outlook just got a lot murkier, as the scramble to win over Odinga’s supporters will intensify in the months ahead.—
Ian Bremmer,
Time,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Lightless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lightless. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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