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sleepless
sleepless /ˈsliːpləs/ adjective
 Word Family: noun: sleep, sleeper, sleepiness, sleeplessness; adjective: asleep, sleepless, sleepy; adverb: sleepily, sleeplessly; verb: sleep
1. a sleepless night a night when you are unable to sleep:
    Adrian spent a sleepless night wondering what to do.
2. unable to sleep:
    She lay sleepless for hours, worrying.
—sleeplessly adverb
—sleeplessness noun [uncountable]