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shadeless

shadeless

1 4.4
Without any cover from the sun
  • adjective
  • /ˈʃeɪd.ləs/
: sin sombra
  • 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

covered
659 1.0

Having something on top or around it

shaded
13 1.6

Partly protected from direct sunlight by a shadow

How Shaded

shaded
13 1.6
shadeless
1 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.