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sleepless
[ sleep-lis ]
adjective
- without sleep:
a sleepless night.
- watchful; alert:
sleepless devotion to duty.
- always active:
the sleepless ocean.
sleepless
/ ˈːɪ /
adjective
- without sleep or rest
a sleepless journey
- unable to sleep
- always watchful or alert
- poetic.always active or moving
the sleepless tides
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adverb
- ˈԱ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- l· adverb
- l·Ա noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sleepless1
Example Sentences
That specialness makes “Cowboy Bebop” the prescription for sleepless nights, whether it’s because you can’t or don’t want to.
Residents in the country's second most populous city say they have spent sleepless nights wandering the streets in despair as food and water supplies dwindle.
It was uncomfortable, and the pillows were inflated like balloons that wouldn’t squish when you laid on them, making for two sleepless nights.
"I have spent sleepless nights trying to figure out what food suits him. He is my child, I do not want him to have any trouble," says the 43-year-old Mumbai-based entrepreneur.
"It's cost me sleepless nights because I don't know where the children are going to go," Ms Lancaster said.
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