: having a name that is not readily recognized by the public
a no-name product
a no-name baseball team
no-name
noun
Examples of no-name in a Sentence
a low-budget movie with a cast of no-name actors
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But why would a company like Vanguard switch to a new, no-name index?
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Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
The most recent, semi-notable installment came last year with Amityville: Where the Echo Lives, a Lionsgate title with a no-name cast that went straight to Max.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The season record still is only 36-45, but the low-spending, no-name Fish have climbed out of the NL East cellar ahead of Washington and are now shouting from third-place Atlanta.
—Greg Cote
june 29, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
Philosophy majors from no-name schools do not have the same economic trajectory as computer science grads from Stanford.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
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Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
The most recent, semi-notable installment came last year with Amityville: Where the Echo Lives, a Lionsgate title with a no-name cast that went straight to Max.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
The season record still is only 36-45, but the low-spending, no-name Fish have climbed out of the NL East cellar ahead of Washington and are now shouting from third-place Atlanta.
—Greg Cote
june 29, Miami Herald, 29 June 2025
Philosophy majors from no-name schools do not have the same economic trajectory as computer science grads from Stanford.
—Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Forbes.com, 27 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for no-name
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“No-name.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/no-name. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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