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sleepless
adjective
Definition of
sleepless adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
sleepless
adjective
/
ˈslipləs
/
1
[
only before noun
]
without sleep
I've had a few
sleepless nights
recently.
2
[
not before noun
]
not able to sleep
She lay sleepless until dawn.
sleeplessly
adverb
sleeplessness
noun
[
uncountable
]
synonym
insomnia
to suffer from sleeplessness