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airless

[air-lis] / ˈɛər lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
without fresh air
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ADJECTIVE
still
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As a result, scientists generally expect these distant objects to be airless.

From Science Daily • May 5, 2026

If this vapid, airless, mindless time-waster had subversive designs of being a satire about the first lady of the United States, there’s not much it would have changed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026

"It's not just Hawkins that feels cut off from the world. It's Stranger Things itself, a show now sealed in an airless, impenetrable bubble of stagnant characters and snarled lore."

From BBC • Nov. 27, 2025

He is confined to a small, airless room with six other Israelis, all men considerably younger than Mr. Sharabi, who was 51 at the time of his kidnapping.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

They were as cramped and airless as coffins.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor




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