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Having no lid, or not covered with the lids, as the eyes; hence, sleepless; watchful. A lidless watcher of the public weal. Tennyson.

containing, or inhabited by, living beings or vegetation; dead, or apparently dead; spiritless; powerless; dull; as, a lifeless carcass; lifeless matter; a lifeless desert; a lifeless wine; a lifeless story. -- Life"less*ly, adv. -- Life"less*ness, n.

Destitute of light; dark. Shak.

Destitute of limbs.

Having no limits; unbounded; boundless. Davies (Wit's Pilgr.).

, Having no lips.

Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless. " A listless unconcern." Thomson. Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain. Dryden. I was listless, and desponding. Swift.

Destitute of a lock.

Free from loss. [Obs.] Milton.

Not attracting love; unattractive. These are ill-favored to see to; and yet, asloveless as they be, they are not without some medicinable virtues. Holland.

k; unpropitious; unfortunate; unlucky; meeting with ill success or bad fortune; as, a luckless gamester; a luckless maid. Prayers made and granted in a luckless hour. Dryden. -- Luck"less*ly, adv. -- Lock"less*ness, n.

Being without lungs.

Destitute of luster; dim; dull.

Lacking vigor; weak; spiritless. [Obs.] Spenser.

Matchless. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Unmanageable.[R.]

Amygdaloid.

Having no mane. Maneless lion (Zoöl.), a variety of the lion having a short, inconspicuous mane. It inhabits Arabia and adjacent countries.

Destitute of men. Bakon.

Inhumanly. [Obs.]