: having a name that is not readily recognized by the public
a no-name product
a no-name baseball team
no-name
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Examples of no-name in a Sentence
a low-budget movie with a cast of no-name actors
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Currently, these products are largely being sold by cheap, no-name brands.
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 22 June 2024
The damaging no-name storm system coincided with the early June start of hurricane season, which this year is forecast to be among the most active in recent memory amid concerns that climate change is increasing storm intensity.
—The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 16 June 2024
Store that driver bundle in a safe place just in case the no-name company that made your PC up and vanishes six months from now.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
The primary protagonist of Patriots is Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky (Michael Stuhlbarg), who played an important role in elevating Putin from no-name functionary of the security services to president-for-life — and lived to regret it.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2024
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Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 22 June 2024
The damaging no-name storm system coincided with the early June start of hurricane season, which this year is forecast to be among the most active in recent memory amid concerns that climate change is increasing storm intensity.
—The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 16 June 2024
Store that driver bundle in a safe place just in case the no-name company that made your PC up and vanishes six months from now.
—Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 1 Apr. 2024
The primary protagonist of Patriots is Russian oligarch Boris Berezovsky (Michael Stuhlbarg), who played an important role in elevating Putin from no-name functionary of the security services to president-for-life — and lived to regret it.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 22 Apr. 2024
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“No-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-name. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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