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windowless

American  
[win-doh-lis] / ˈwɪn doʊ lɪs /

adjective

  1. not furnished with any windows; lacking any view of or ventilation from the outside.


Example Sentences

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Picture an abandoned, windowless yellow room with garish fluorescent lights.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Living in cramped, windowless containers and only able to leave for serious medical emergencies, she said inhabitants "felt helpless" during the Iranian attacks.

From Barron's • Apr. 27, 2026

In mid-December 2020, federal officials responsible for protecting American elections from fraud converged in a windowless, dim, fortified room at the Justice Department’s downtown Washington, D.C., headquarters.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

I didn’t even notice the facade was windowless until Felema said something.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

The big clapboard house burned to the ground, but Grandpa and Stanley got out alive, and they moved into a windowless two-room apartment in the basement of an old house around the hill.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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