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sleep-proof en · ADJ

Etymology

From sleep + -proof.

Meanings

1. Designed to prevent a person from sleeping.
   • A sleep-proof bus stop 2008, Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, page 69:
   • a sleep-proof bench to deter the homeless
2. Of makeup: in which a person can sleep without the need to reapply it afterwards due to smearing etc.

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