watchless

watchless
watchlessness, n.
/woch"lis/, adj.
1. not watchful or alert; lacking in vigilance: an irresponsible and watchless sentry.
2. having no watch; without guards or sentries: We welcomed the watchless nights of peacetime.
[1615-25; WATCH + -LESS]

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Universalium. 2010.

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