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dateless

adjective

ˈdāt-ləs How to pronounce dateless (audio)
Definition of datelessnext
1
as in ancient
dating or surviving from the distant past dateless artifacts left by an obscure people of the distant past

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2
as in eternal
lasting forever the dateless cycle of the seasons

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3
as in immortal
having an existence or validity that does not change or diminish it is because of their dateless themes that the plays of Shakespeare are still performed today

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Recent Examples of dateless Briones cracked up while taking pictures of the dateless Ball posing with his arm around a stereo speaker on a stand. — Bryan Alexander, USA Today, 2 Mar. 2026 Else Texas men's basketball will be dateless when other teams will be enjoying the Big Dance. — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 23 Jan. 2026 Tracy playfully questioned Brett, who was the president of his fraternity, for being dateless and not dressing on theme. — Ashlyn Robinette, PEOPLE, 21 Jan. 2026 Hailey Bieber went dateless to the 2025 Met Gala as her husband, Justin Bieber, was nowhere to be found. — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 5 May 2025 Her theory about dateless, spiraling young men ends with home prices declining for years, or even decades. — Byalena Botros, Fortune, 12 Apr. 2024 All my Cinderellas didn’t find their March romance and went home dateless for the second weekend. — J. Brady McCollough, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023 Dreams are usually dateless, absent from the illusion of the flow of time. — Riley Van Steward, Forbes, 10 Feb. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dateless
  1. ancient
  2. eternal
  3. immortal
  4. venerable
  5. endless
  6. enduring
  7. antique
  8. perpetual
Adjective
  • Researchers have found evidence that ancient humans chewed on betel nuts, a stimulant still widely used today.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The discovery of the tooth, which belonged to an ancient Pacific mastodon, was announced by the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District (Midpen) in San Mateo County, California.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of ancient
Adjective
  • The shofar sounds, and for a heartbeat, on that sleek locomotive, time bends toward the eternal.
    — Ben Corn, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Around the halfway point of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Petya Trofimov — eternal grad student, moral purist, and former tutor to the once wealthy family whose diminution sits at the heart of the play — makes a speech.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of eternal
Adjective
  • Significant church figures like Thomas Aquinas and the philosopher René Descartes have argued that animals don’t have an immortal soul.
    — Casper ter Kuile, Vox, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Bad habits fueled by longstanding trauma are damn near immortal.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of immortal
Adjective
  • To mark the occasion, here is our definitive guide to the historic workshops, venerable dining rooms, and fashion houses that give the Galleria its life.
    — Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This folktale opens by describing a venerable old farming family whose only daughter has just married.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of venerable
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  • In recent years, however, between the endless paid-for invites and choreographed step and repeats, going out can feel like clocking into another job.
    — Amy Francombe, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Da Vinci, Michelangelo, Caravaggio, Raphael…the list is almost endless.
    — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of endless
Adjective
  • Our enduring belief that anything is possible — whether based in reality or not — has helped the nation become the world’s largest economy.
    — Jonathan Fahey, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Nearly 38 years after bodies were unearthed from Dorothea Puente’s yard, her crimes remain one of Sacramento’s most enduring fascinations.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of enduring
Adjective
  • With navy walls, dark-wood bookshelves and antique furniture, plaid skirts and collared jackets feel like the suitable attire — though there’s no dress code.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026
  • After operating as a church, it was later used as a theater and an antique market before being converted into a hotel, according to the release.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of antique
Adjective
  • Yet there remains a sense of remove in the production’s perpetual excitement at demonstrating just how well its own analog works.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Heat point guard Davion Mitchell has seemingly been anywhere and everywhere this summer, always in perpetual motion, burning calories, running down basketball courts and city streets.
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
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“Dateless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dateless. Accessed 26 Sep. 2026.

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