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2
: not known by name : anonymous
3
: having no legal right to a name (as due to being born to parents not married to each other)
4
: not having been given a name : unnamed
5
: not marked with a name
a nameless grave
6
a
: incapable of precise description : indefinable
b
: too repulsive or distressing to describe
namelessly
adverb
namelessness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of nameless in a Sentence
She left the hotel with a nameless man in a black jacket.
The source for my story prefers to remain nameless.
A top government official, who shall remain nameless, has expressed concern about the decision.
The men were buried there in nameless graves.
Recent Examples on the Web
Nguyen asked to be cast as a nameless Vietnamese villager who gets blown up by the inner movie's American heroes, as a symbol for how casually Hollywood treated mangled Asian bodies.
—
Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
All around, horses and cows roam in pastures crisscrossed by nameless dirt roads.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Image At the center of this novel is a forbidden forest that sits at the northern edge of a nameless town.
—Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
In this world, though, the voices behind those nameless, chattering avatars get their 15 minutes of internet infamy.
—WIRED, 1 Nov. 2023
On one of these trips, Ana invites a nameless man to her hotel room.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
Crafted with confidence and style by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, the film stars Ryan Gosling as a nameless, almost dialogue-less stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Nearby a flat boulder cloaked in the shade of the yawning oak trees was dimpled with grinding holes created by nameless Native Americans, decades, or even centuries, ago.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
These three other newfound species are also officially nameless so far.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 9 Apr. 2024
All around, horses and cows roam in pastures crisscrossed by nameless dirt roads.
—Tyrone Beason, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2024
Image At the center of this novel is a forbidden forest that sits at the northern edge of a nameless town.
—Gabino Iglesias, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2024
In this world, though, the voices behind those nameless, chattering avatars get their 15 minutes of internet infamy.
—WIRED, 1 Nov. 2023
On one of these trips, Ana invites a nameless man to her hotel room.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2024
Crafted with confidence and style by Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn, the film stars Ryan Gosling as a nameless, almost dialogue-less stunt driver who moonlights as a getaway driver.
—Janey Tracey, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
Nearby a flat boulder cloaked in the shade of the yawning oak trees was dimpled with grinding holes created by nameless Native Americans, decades, or even centuries, ago.
—Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
These three other newfound species are also officially nameless so far.
—Ashley Balzer Vigil, Scientific American, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameless. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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nameless
adjective
name·less
ˈnām-ləs 
1
: having no name
2
: not marked with a name
a nameless grave
3
: unknown entry 1, anonymous
a nameless hero
4
a
: impossible to describe
nameless fears
b
: too disgusting or disturbing to be described
nameless acts of cruelty
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