Sleepless
adjective
1.
without sleep:
a sleepless night.
2.
watchful; alert:
sleepless devotion to duty.
3.
always active:
the sleepless ocean.
adjective
1.
without sleep or rest: a sleepless journey
2.
unable to sleep
3.
always watchful or alert
4.
(mainly poetic) always active or moving: the sleepless tides
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