as in darkening
causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer
mental patients who were once condemned to spend their lives in the sunless confines of a state asylum
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Recent Examples of sunless
As for applying baby oil or a sunless tanner before spending time in the sun, as some TikTokers suggest, Houshman strongly advised against it.
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Kristen Fischer, Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Cosmetic sunless tanners, such as bronzers and sunless tanner lotions, are considered safe when used appropriately.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
This is what the world looks like at the ocean’s sunless depths.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
The Box had a slighty funhouse mirror quality to it, probably because the set was housed at the Fell’s Point Recreation Pier, a sunless relic of better days in Charm City.
—Paul McGuire, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
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Kristen Fischer, Health, 15 Aug. 2024
Cosmetic sunless tanners, such as bronzers and sunless tanner lotions, are considered safe when used appropriately.
—Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 1 Aug. 2024
This is what the world looks like at the ocean’s sunless depths.
—James Nestor, Outside Online, 18 June 2024
The Box had a slighty funhouse mirror quality to it, probably because the set was housed at the Fell’s Point Recreation Pier, a sunless relic of better days in Charm City.
—Paul McGuire, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sunless
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TikTok's attorney suggested the app would basically go dark.WIRED, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2025
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Schaeffer, 22, was seen leaving her home on May 23, 2022, with her black-and-white cat, Izzy, and getting into a dark gray BMW that had been parked across the street for six hours, according to security video.Noelle Alviz-Gransee, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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But beneath Pansy’s rage, often a source of that specific, bleak brand of Mike Leigh comedy, lies severe OCD, anxiety, depression, and the grief of having recently lost her mother.Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
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While the art world has felt bleak amid a buckling market, a new art fair is gracing Los Angeles this year.Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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The 2024 State of the Global Workplace report by Gallup finds that one in five employees worldwide feels lonely at work.Caroline Castrillon, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
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This book tells the story of her life growing up poor and lonely, and her experiences becoming one of the country’s most original, and beloved, musicians.Michael Schaub, Orange County Register, 2 Jan. 2025
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Compared to the desolate, almost alien landscape of South Dakota, the North Dakota badlands are flush with vibrant vegetation: Rocky Mountain juniper woodlands, cottonwoods that thrive in the Little Missouri River basin, and sunflowers, asters, and rabbitbrush that bloom in the late summer months.Erica Zazo, Outside Online, 9 Jan. 2025
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After the twinkling lights of the holiday season have been packed away, winter can feel downright dull and desolate, especially for families with energetic kids trapped inside by the cold.Erica Jackson Curran, Parents, 25 Dec. 2024
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Without these, retirees may experience lower self-worth and a lack of purpose that makes depressive symptoms worse.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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For every one-unit increase in a father's pre-birth well-being, the depressive symptom score was decreased by 1.2%.Kimanzi Constable, Parents, 9 Jan. 2025
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The depressing part is that the smear campaign worked.Nicole Page, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
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In October, Lilium was scrambling for additional investments to keep the doors open and by late December the company announced that the only people still on the payroll would be handling the depressing job of liquidation.David Szondy, New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2025
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Despite being known as a city that puts smiles on faces and provides a good time to all, the mood in New Orleans has been much more somber the past few days.William Guillory, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
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While Syrians in the capital looked forward to a new beginning after Assad’s ouster, the mood was more somber along Beirut’s Mediterranean promenade, where residents shared cautious hopes for the new year, reflecting on a country still reeling from war and ongoing crises.Ghaith Alsayed, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2024
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Basara took to social media to expose the harassment, sharing a video that showed the man—distinct with his gray beard and Eagles jacket—relentlessly taunting his fiancée with offensive language.John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 14 Jan. 2025
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Dark gray smoke puffed into the sky behind him as Tiptoe the African sulcata tortoise crunched on the green lawn beneath him.Alina Hartounian, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Sunless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sunless. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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