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wakeless

wakeless

1 9.9
Sleeping very deeply without waking easily
  • adjective
  • /ˈweɪk.ləs/
  • Archaic
: profundo
  • The child’s wakeless sleep was disturbed by a loud thunderstorm.

Examples

  • The baby had a wakeless sleep for the first time.

  • She enjoyed a wakeless night after the long hike.

  • After the long hike, I collapsed into a wakeless slumber that lasted till morning.

  • Lost in wakeless rest, he did not hear the alarm clock at all.

  • After a long day of hiking, he fell into a wakeless sleep and didn't stir until morning.

  • She lay in a wakeless slumber, undisturbed by the loud thunder outside.

  • The baby was wakeless through the night, allowing her parents to rest peacefully.

Synonyms

asleep
vswakeless
589 1.0

Not awake and not aware

refers to deep, uninterrupted sleep rather than merely not being awake
sound
vswakeless
203 4.5

Based on good reasons and likely to be correct

is limited to describing uninterrupted deep sleep rather than general reliability
profound
vswakeless
188 5.3

Very great and complete in size, amount, or effect

applies specifically to uninterrupted deep sleep rather than many domains
fast asleep
vswakeless
20 2.5

Resting very deeply and not easy to wake

is more about continuous unbroken sleep than quick onset
sound asleep
vswakeless
17 3.2

Resting very deeply and not waking easily

is deeper and less likely to be awakened
dead asleep
vswakeless
  • Informal
3 3.5

Completely not awake and hard to wake

is defined by uninterrupted sleep rather than only unawareness

How Asleep

wakeless
  • Archaic
1 9.9
sound asleep
17 3.2
asleep
471 1.0
drowsy
22 2.7
awake
591 1.0

Surface Forms

wakeless positive

Morphology

wakeless = wake (semi-transparent) = wake + less

The word is clearly built from 'wake' + '-less', but the specific sense 'deep and uninterrupted sleep' is a conventionalized extension rather than a fully literal reading.

Etymology

The word wakeless is simply wake + -less, where wake means 'stop sleeping' and -less means 'without', so wakeless describes a very deep sleep that does not wake you.