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sheepless

sheepless adjective: without sheep.

Adjective

sheepless (not comparable)

  1. Without sheep.
    • I was president of both these flourishing organizations, was chairman of the parish committee of the Unitarian Church, leading to its enlargement and extended usefulness, was a member of the congressional committee of the district which wrested a congressman from the Democrats, electing, after a...1903, James Henry Foss, The Gentleman from Everywhere
    • The pastures are herdless and sheepless, No pasture or shelter for herds: The wind is relentless and sleepless, And restless and songless the birds; Their cries from afar fall breathless, Their wings are as lightnings that flee; For the land has two lords that are deathless: Death's self, and the...1880, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Studies in Song

Origin of sheepless

From sheep + -less.

Questions about sheepless

What does sheepless mean?
Sheepless means without sheep.
What part of speech is sheepless?
Sheepless is an adjective.

Words near sheepless in the dictionary

  1. sheepishly
  2. sheepishness
  3. sheepkind
  4. sheeple
  5. sheeples
  6. sheepless
  7. sheeplet
  8. sheeplets
  9. sheeplike
  10. sheepling
  11. sheeplings

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