as in darkening
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
mental patients who were once condemned to spend their lives in the sunless confines of a state asylum
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Recent Examples of sunless
Instead, Parker recommended sticking with a sunless tanner that contains the ingredient dihydroxyacetone (DHA).
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Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
No one is winking or making fun, despite the fact that this father and son are extolling the beauty of the morning while inside a sunless bunker six miles underground.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Even on the days of sunless mist, there are living things out there that are ready to brighten your day.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Today there are more than 200 private submersibles operating around the world and a dozen companies selling tours to the sunless depths.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
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Gillian Mohney, Verywell Health, 7 Mar. 2025
No one is winking or making fun, despite the fact that this father and son are extolling the beauty of the morning while inside a sunless bunker six miles underground.
—Tim Greiving, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2024
Even on the days of sunless mist, there are living things out there that are ready to brighten your day.
—Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2024
Today there are more than 200 private submersibles operating around the world and a dozen companies selling tours to the sunless depths.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunless
Adjective
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Hot showers may make melasma patches darker and more noticeable.12 Dizziness: A hot shower dilates (opens) your blood vessels, causing changes in blood pressure and increasing the amount of blood your heart pumps.—
Mark Gurarie,
Verywell Health,
9 July 2025
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Michigan is home to six dark sky state parks, three international dark sky parks and an international dark sky sanctuary.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Some traders said the numbers were less severe than analysts' bleak forecasts.—
Sabrina Valle,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
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No one is as funny and as bleak in the same sentence, or maybe even the same word.—
Literary Hub
July 1,
Literary Hub,
1 July 2025
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While Bowie envisioned an Earth careening toward apocalypse in a flamboyant, theatrical cry, Drake’s five leaves are quieter, lonelier — more like the end of a season than the end of a world.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
5 July 2025
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By January, Musk had transitioned to lieutenant, making up DOGE, complete with cringey swag, like a lonely preteen dreaming up a secret club in his tree house.—
Anita Chabria,
Los Angeles Times,
1 July 2025
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Griffith also describes in vivid detail the desolate Hopi landscape and the villages atop the three mesas.—
Sandra Dallas,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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Despite its desolate appearance, Bouvet is surprisingly rich in bird life.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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American kids also experienced an increase in early onset of menstruation, trouble sleeping, limitations in activity, physical symptoms, depressive symptoms and loneliness during the study period.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
8 July 2025
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Rates of depressive symptoms, loneliness and physical complaints such as headaches and stomachaches have also worsened.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 July 2025
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That this show could mark a turning point for free speech and the First Amendment is just too depressing to contemplate.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
AZCentral.com,
2 July 2025
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But already there are major depressing effects on the ports and warehousing that are important contributors to California's economy.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 June 2025
Adjective
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His overjoyed demeanor starkly contrasted with his somber appearance in court just a day before when jurors said they were deadlocked on one of the five counts.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
2 July 2025
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However, while circumstances were smooth-sailing at the start, things quickly took a somber turn on July 2, 1937.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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The first stop is the entryway, featuring a gray stone coffee table and the softest curved furniture, making the atmosphere warm and inviting.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 July 2025
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Powell arrived to The Wimbledon Championships in a light gray Brunello Cucinelli suit in a subtle woven plaid.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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“Sunless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunless. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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