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sleep-proof

sleep-proof adjective: designed to prevent a person from sleeping.

Adjective

sleep-proof (comparative more sleep-proof, superlative most sleep-proof)

  1. Designed to prevent a person from sleeping.
    • a sleep-proof bench to deter the homeless
    • A sleep-proof bus stop2008, Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, page 69
  2. Of makeup: in which a person can sleep without the need to reapply it afterwards due to smearing etc.

Forms of sleep-proof

comparativemore sleep-proof
superlativemost sleep-proof

Origin of sleep-proof

From sleep + -proof.

Questions about sleep-proof

What does sleep-proof mean?
Sleep-proof means designed to prevent a person from sleeping.
What part of speech is sleep-proof?
Sleep-proof is an adjective.

Words near sleep-proof in the dictionary

  1. sleep-in
  2. sleep-ins
  3. sleep-learning
  4. sleep-out
  5. sleep-outs
  6. sleep-proof
  7. sleep-shorts
  8. sleep-walker
  9. sleep-walkers
  10. sleepable
  11. sleepage

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