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sleepless

[ sleep-lis ]

adjective

  1. without sleep:

    a sleepless night.

  2. watchful; alert:

    sleepless devotion to duty.

  3. always active:

    the sleepless ocean.



sleepless

/ ˈ²õ±ôŸ±Ë±è±ôɪ²õ /

adjective

  1. without sleep or rest

    a sleepless journey

  2. unable to sleep
  3. always watchful or alert
  4. poetic.
    always active or moving

    the sleepless tides

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈ²õ±ô±ð±ð±è±ô±ð²õ²õ±ô²â, adverb
  • ˈ²õ±ô±ð±ð±è±ô±ð²õ²õ²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²õ±ô±ð±ð±èl±ð²õ²õ·±ô²â adverb
  • ²õ±ô±ð±ð±èl±ð²õ²õ·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sleepless1

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; sleep, -less
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Example Sentences

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That specialness makes “Cowboy Bebop” the prescription for sleepless nights, whether it’s because you can’t or don’t want to.

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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.

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It was uncomfortable, and the pillows were inflated like balloons that wouldn’t squish when you laid on them, making for two sleepless nights.

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"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.

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"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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