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[ neym-lis ] / ˈneɪm lɪs / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nameless ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivehaving no name. left unnamed: a certain person who shall be nameless. anonymous: a nameless source of information. incapable of being specified or described: a nameless charm. too shocking or vile to be specified: a nameless crime. having no legitimate paternal name, as a child born out of wedlock. unknown to fame; obscure: a nameless poet; nameless defenders of the country. Origin of namelessMiddle English word dating back to 1275–1325; see origin at name, -less OTHER WORDS FROM namelessname·less·ly, adverbname·less·ness, nounquasi-nameless, adjectiveWords nearby namelessnamecheck, name day, name-drop, name-dropper, name-dropping, nameless, namely, Namen, name names, Namenda, name of the game Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for namelessA nameless, faceless entity known to his followers as Spot News, the handle of his Twitter and Instagram accounts. Chicago’s Real-Life 'Nightcrawler'|Justin Glawe|November 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST Brat is going to make Brown look like a nameless session guitar player. Eric Cantor’s Primary Loss Is a Political Earthquake. And It’s Awful.|Michael Tomasky|June 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST From a nameless classmate with whom he spent an hour or two rolling around in the sheets—in lieu of attending class. Nine Craziest Moments From ‘Jobs’|Anna Klassen|August 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST What happens in a nameless Eastern European country stays in a nameless Eastern European country. ‘A Sustained Sense of Violation’: When Bad House Guests Invade Literature|Matt Seidel|July 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Its nameless narrator is a recently released political prisoner and writer living under house arrest. Egypt’s Conscience: The Genius of Sonallah Ibrahim|Frederick Deknatel|May 9, 2013|DAILY BEAST She would share neither treasure with that nameless leader who held Armand's allegiance. When my Happiness is given me life will be an ineffable, a nameless thing. The Story of Mary MacLane|Mary MacLane To Sara, the momentary silence that ensued was in infinity of nameless dread. The Hermit of Far End|Margaret Pedler A nameless ecstacy thrilled through my frame when any new proof occurred that the ambiguousness of my behaviour was the cause. Wieland; or The Transformation|Charles Brockden Brown If Mabilla, the nameless wife, was not responsible for this, who could be? Lore of Proserpine|Maurice Hewlett
British Dictionary definitions for nameless
adjectivewithout a name; anonymous incapable of being named; indescribablea nameless horror seized him too unpleasant or disturbing to be mentionednameless atrocities having no legal name; illegitimatea nameless child Derived forms of namelessnamelessly, adverbnamelessness, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to namelessunnamed, unheard-of, incognito, inconspicuous, obscure, undistinguished, unsung, pseudonymous, innominate, unacknowledged, uncelebrated, undesignated, unnoted, untitled, whatchamacallit |