Without a beacon; lacking guidance or illumination from a beacon.
From beacon + -less (Old English 'lēas' meaning without). This suffix has been used for millennia to create negatives and opposites.
A beaconless night at sea was genuinely terrifying—before lighthouses became common, sailors navigated using only stars and prayer, making shipwrecks near land one of history's greatest tragedies.
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