unventilated

adjective

Definition of unventilatednext
as in airless

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Recent Examples of unventilated Officers there found three girls, 11 to 14, in an unventilated trailer after a passer-by noticed their fingers poking through slats in the door. — Erin Alberty, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024 Inside, authorities found three girls, aged 11 to 14, living in unventilated conditions with a makeshift toilet and sparse furniture. — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024 After mining in unventilated mines for over 20 years, Harrison’s father died of lung cancer. — Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 23 Mar. 2024 The suit also describes defects in fire safety, an insufficient electric switchboard, unventilated interior bathrooms and excessive noise in many areas, among other issues. — Ethan M Steinberg, Fortune, 9 Mar. 2024 See All Example Sentences for unventilated
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unventilated
  1. airless
  2. suffocating
Adjective
  • Partially shot on location in New York City, the necessary energy to carry this tale constantly flags, airless and sealed up tight against the rest of the world.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The Martian surface is a practically airless vacuum, constantly bombarded with radiation, and regularly reaches temperatures as low as -81 degrees Fahrenheit.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of airless
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  • Scientists suspect that the combination of high heat and a suffocating deep-tropical air mass will be considered the worst humidity the region has experienced in the modern era.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Eilish will play Greenwood, the brilliant young woman at the center of Plath’s semi-autobiographical story, which follows her descent into mental illness amid the suffocating expectations placed on women in 1950s America.
    — SPIN Staff, SPIN, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of suffocating

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