airless

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having little or no fresh air or air circulation; stuffy

   The airless cellar smelled of damp wood and old paper.

2. 2
   adj

   containing no air or atmosphere

   The probe crossed the airless surface of the moon.

Formed from air + -less. The word can describe either a place with no circulating fresh air or, more literally, an environment without an atmosphere.

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