honourlesshonorlessadj.
/ˈɒnələs/, U.S. /ˈɑnərləs/ 1. Without honour; unworthy of honour; not honoured or respected.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective]
namelessc1330
ungloriousa1382
unfamousc1384
unglorifieda1395
unrenowned1525
gloryless1540
obscurec1540
incelebrateda1552
honourlessa1560
unnoted1566
eclipsed1587
irrenowned1590
inglorious1591
ungraced1595
unreputed1596
reputeless1598
unreckoned1599
undistinguished1600
unfamed1609
without name1611
unremarkable1628
uncried up1631
undignified1716
unapplauded1739
uncelebrated1740
renownless1821
bannerlessc1850
untrumpeted1859
anonymous1860
reportlessc1865
unillustrious1885
obscured1891
statusless1899
unarrived1902
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective] > not honoured
unhonoureda1513
honourlessa1560
a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) x. sig. Ffiijv Unfamous free from wars, and honourlesse lead out his age.
1619 E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. ii. viii. 175 To draw the Romans into an honourlesse league with him against the Macedonians.
1650 A. Bradstreet Tenth Muse 163 In divers battels he [sc. Eumenes] had good successe, Antigonus came off still honourlesse.
1745 W. Warburton Serm. 1 Peter 8 So..will an honourless King promote the Worship of a fearless God.
1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 284 And honourless did all things seem and vain.
1873 Argosy 15 192 The would-be honourable, but, in this case, truly honourless, gentleman.
1930 Portsmouth (Ohio) Times 11 Sept. 4/3 [Girls] who cheapen themselves to win the favor of low-bred and honorless boys.
1998 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 18 Aug. a14 The perpetrators violated even the limited code of honour of the honourless profession of terrorism.
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1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Woman in Spite of Herself I. i. vii. 117 An ordinary honourless Oxford or Cambridge M.A.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.a1560