- 1[only before noun] without sleep I've had a few sleepless nights recently.
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- 2[not before noun] not able to sleep She lay sleepless until dawn.
adverb
noun [uncountable] synonym insomnia to suffer from sleeplessnessSee sleepless in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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