n. The state or characteristic of being without the sun or sunshine.
n. Dreariness, joylessness.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state of being sunless; shade.
Word Usage
"This is one of the BBC's good old-fashioned dramas of flat caps and bicycles, cobbles and postal orders, as young James turns up in Scotland's capital of sunlessness with his cardboard suitcase and optimist's grin."