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sightless

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sight·less  (stls)
adj.
1. Unable to see with the eyes; blind.
2. Invisible.

sightless·ly adv.
sightless·ness n.

sightless [ˈsaɪtlɪs]
adj
1. (Medicine / Pathology) blind
2. invisible
sightlessly  adv
sightlessness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.sightless - lacking sightsightless - lacking sight; "blind as an eyeless beggar"
blind, unsighted - unable to see; "a person is blind to the extent that he must devise alternative techniques to do efficiently those things he would do with sight if he had normal vision"--Kenneth Jernigan
Translations
sightless [ˈsaɪtlɪs] ADJciego, invidente
sightless
adj personerblindet, blind; sightless since birthvon Geburt an blind; worms are completely sightlessWürmer haben kein Sehvermögen (form), → Würmer können überhaupt nicht sehen; with sightless eyesmit blicklosen (geh)or toten Augen
sightless [ˈsaɪtlɪs] adj (person) → non vedente


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Before him was a very ancient man, a mere bag of bones, with sightless eyes, and one hand-- his left--white and shrivelled.
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