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shoreless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without a shore, or with no shore in sight; boundless.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • 1932, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Night Flight (1931), translated by Stuart Gilbert, New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1942, p. 83, A shoreless night, the pilot thought, leading to no anchorage (for every port was unattainable, it seemed), nor toward dawn.

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Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From shore + -less.

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Polish: bezbrzeżny — Translations
  • Russian: безбре́жный (bezbréžnyj) — Translations
  • Ukrainian: безбере́жний (bezberéžnyj) — Translations