sleep-proof

adjective

Designed to prevent a person from sleeping.

“a sleep-proof bench to deter the homeless”

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Meanings

adjectivesleep-proof (comparative more sleep-proof, superlative most sleep-proof)

comparative more sleep-proof · superlative most sleep-proof

  1. Designed to prevent a person from sleeping.

    a sleep-proof bench to deter the homeless

    1 more example

    A sleep-proof bus stop

    2008, Gabriella Gahlia Modan, Turf Wars: Discourse, Diversity, and the Politics of Place, page 69
  2. Of makeup: in which a person can sleep without the need to reapply it afterwards due to smearing etc.

Origin

From sleep + -proof.

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APA

sleep-proof. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep-proof

MLA

“sleep-proof.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep-proof. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sleep-proof,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleep-proof.

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