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airless

[air-lis] / ˈɛər lɪs /
ADJECTIVE
without fresh air
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ADJECTIVE
still
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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 a cold, dusty, desert world, nearly airless.

From Slate • Dec. 9, 2025

"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

Kimura adds, "In future work, our results could also help to reveal the relative ages of surfaces on airless bodies and assist in the accurate interpretation of remote sensing data obtained from these bodies."

From Science Daily • Apr. 29, 2024

Cramped and airless, with some foul liquid that smelled like rotten eggs dripping from the ceiling.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins




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