sightlessness
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sight·less
(sīt′lĭs)adj.
1. Unable to see with the eyes; blind.
2. Invisible.
sight′less·ly adv.
sight′less·ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() legal blindness - vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability to see at 20 feet what a normal eye can see at 200 feet) anopia - sightlessness (especially because of a structural defect in or the absence of an eye) snowblindness, snow-blindness - temporary blindness caused by exposure to sunlight reflected from snow or ice eyelessness - blindness due to loss of the eyes figural blindness - inability to see shapes and contours |
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sightlessness
nounThe condition of not being able to see:
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