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# sleepless

adjective (sleepless)

«sleepless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Without sleep, or with very little: a sleepless night. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#m1)
2. Not able to sleep, because of worry, excitement or pain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life, people have sleepless nights before exciting days, during storms, or when a baby cries. In health lessons, children learn that sleep helps memory and mood, so too many sleepless nights is bad. In stories, a sleepless character is worried or haunted by something. Phrases: a sleepless night, sleepless with worry, Sleepless in Seattle.

### Examples

- I had a sleepless night before the school trip. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x1)
- The new baby gave Mum and Dad many sleepless nights. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x2)
- She lay sleepless, listening to the thunder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x3)
- He was sleepless with worry about the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x4)
- The storm kept the whole town sleepless. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x5)
- After three sleepless nights, the sailors were exhausted. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x6)
- She passed a sleepless night; but in the morning the old dame remarked: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/#x7)

### Note

sleep + -less (without). Noun: sleeplessness. Usually used before a noun ("a sleepless night") or after "lie", "spend". Similar: wakeful; long-term trouble sleeping is called insomnia.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sleepless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sleepless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sleepless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sleepless.html) on Mova free.