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airless

/ˈɛə.ləs/ UK
/ˈɛɹ.ləs/ US
/ˈɛɚ.ləs/ US
/ˈeː.ləs/ Australia
/ˈiə.ləs/
/ˈeə.ləs/ New Zealand
/ˈeɹ.ləs/ Scotland
/ˈɜː(ɹ).ləs/

Sounds like earless (cheer–chair merger) · Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)ləs

adjective more airless · most airless

Lacking or being without air.
Lacking air circulation. […] St. Bede's at this period of its history was perhaps the poorest and most miserable parish in the East End of London. Close-packed, crushed by the buttressed height of the railway viaduct, rendered airless by huge walls of factories, it at once banished lively interest from a stranger's mind and
With air that is stale.
Suffering from asphyxia.
figuratively Stifling; dead; lacking vitality or excitement. The worst that can—and has—been said about Memento is that it’s an airless gimmick, visually undistinguished, and not even all that sophisticated when the puzzle pieces are finally put together.

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adj lacking air

Русский	безвозду́шный bezvozdúšnyj

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@misc{airless_2026,
  title = {airless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/airless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}