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airless

[air-lis] / ˈɛər lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
without fresh air
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ADJECTIVE
still
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Krasner’s small, tight accretions of repetitive marks and shapes seem airless and uninflected; even the densest of Pollock’s early, layered pours pulse and breathe, his touch liberated.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 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

The losses accumulate and can be a decisive factor for a planet evolving into a habitable world or an airless rock.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 12, 2024

A few blocks from Lake Michigan, the three-story red brick building was grimy, the halls airless.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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