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shadeless

shadeless

4.4
Without any cover from the sun
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃeɪd.ləs/
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  • The shadeless park offered little relief from the summer heat, forcing everyone to seek shelter under the few available trees.

Examples

  • During the hike, we struggled under the harsh heat of the shadeless trail, longing for any cover from the sun.

  • This is just the shade clear, so shadeless, if you will, and I'm just going to run this through just makes them look more natural.

  • Under a burning sun, they walked silently and awed through the stark, shadeless ruins of Tikal.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • I remember we passed one of those big spiraling plastic slides that dump kids into pools of water, and I thought how the kids on that one, shadeless in this wild place, must be getting their butts burnt off, and I remember thinking I was glad we were going home.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Children played in the shadeless yard, their laughter echoing in the unforgiving sunlight that drenched the open space.

Synonyms

unshaded
vsshadeless
1 3.7

A place exposed to direct sunlight without shade

means the same but uses an alternative adjective form

Antonyms

shaded
1 1.6

Partly protected from direct sunlight by a shadow

covered
1 1.0

Having something on top or around it

How Shaded

shaded
1 1.6
shadeless
4.4

Surface Forms

shadeless positive

Morphology

shadeless = shade (transparent) = shade + less

Direct and regular formation: 'shade' + '-less' = without shade, which matches the literal sense.

Etymology

Shadeless comes from shade ('shadow' or 'shelter from the sun') and the ending -less ('without'), so it literally means 'without shade' and describes a place with no trees or umbrellas where you feel hot and open.