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nameless
[neym-lis]
adjective
having 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.
nameless
/ ˈԱɪɪ /
adjective
without a name; anonymous
incapable of being named; indescribable
a nameless horror seized him
too unpleasant or disturbing to be mentioned
nameless atrocities
having no legal name; illegitimate
a nameless child
Other Word Forms
- namelessly adverb
- namelessness noun
- quasi-nameless adjective
- ˈԲԱ noun
- ˈԲ adverb
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
Like Anne, we try to grasp this nameless, formless feeling before it drifts away.
Nguyen’s thrilling study of a stateless, nameless spy is unlike any other novel rooted in the Vietnam War.
And not just catchy phrases: The “nameless” attracts thousands of followers on Instagram with honeyed images and all the proper wellness hashtags.
"They would just rather forget that there was so much poverty and so many people dying and being buried in a nameless grave."
But their therapy session is deliberately drowned out by the squeals of a nameless naked couple romping in the back.
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When To Use
Nameless means having no name, as in Emily Dickensen’s poems are all nameless, so we refer to them by their first lines instead.Nameless also means anonymous, as in Journalists sometimes use nameless sources of information in order to get the details they need for their stories.You might use nameless to describe something incapable of being described, such as a nameless charm.Example: A nameless writer created one of the world’s most well-known proverbs.
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