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chanceless, a.|ˈtʃɑːnslɪs, -æ-|
[f. chance n. + -less.]
Without giving or receiving a chance. In Cricket, without giving the fieldsmen a chance (see chance n. 4 c).
1903Daily Chron. 27 May 5/4 A result made probable by the century of McGahey, a chanceless but hardly faultless innings. 1928Daily Tel. 7 Aug. 12/7 The feature of the first day's play..was a chanceless century by I. Akers-Douglas, the Etonian. |