Definitions
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- adj. having no windows, especially no external windows
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adj. Destitute of a window.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Destitute of windows.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sleeping in windowless crypts sounds like a questionable proposition in Sam's quest to proclaim his kingdom the most "sustainable city in the world".
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In the study, sixteen men stayed in windowless rooms for nearly a month while the researchers screwed with their circadian rhythms.
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But that means you now need to confront the denial that allowed you somehow to ignore what you directly authorized and commanded: using dogs to terrorize prisoners; stripping detainees naked and hooding them; isolating people in windowless cells for weeks and even months on end; freezing prisoners to near-death and reviving them and repeating the hypothermia; contorting prisoners into stress positions that create unbearable pain in the muscles and joints; cramming prisoners into upright coffins in painful positions with minimal air; near-drowning, on a waterboard, of human beings — in one case 183 times — even after they have cooperated with interrogators.
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Caterina: "Traditional business development meant spending a lot of money on dry cleaning, animating your powerpoint, drinking stale coffee in windowless conference rooms and scouring the thesaurus looking for synonyms for" synergy ".
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The basalt floor likely belongs to the Casa Denegrida, or the Black House, which Spanish conquerors described as a windowless room painted in black, Hernandez said.
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John recalled the windowless cubby-hole in the rear of the Spring street saloon where "Slim" Gray, Cummings 'lieutenant, had returned to him the $10 he had put up in bail and $10 as compensation for having been on hand when Gibson made the sensational raid.
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As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor.
Norman Solomon: Starting Another Year of the War in Afghanistan
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As this month begins the ninth year of the U.S. war effort in Afghanistan, "windowless" seems to be an apt metaphor for our strategy there. var blogs_amount = 0;
Esta Soler: The Violence is Horrifying, Let's Do Something About It
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The first point of contention is the "windowless" aircraft that struck the towers of the World Trade Center.
9-11 Re-Visited --A Classic Case of Clandestine Smoke and Mirrors
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On May 15, behind closed doors in a windowless, bunkerlike room high up in the Capitol, we conducted our first formal hearing, and William Colby presented a history of CIA covert actions.
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