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adjective

ˈnō-ˌnām How to pronounce no-name (audio)
Definition of no-namenext
as in unknown
not widely known a low-budget movie with a cast of no-name actors

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no-name

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noun

as in lightweight

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Recent Examples of no-name
Adjective
Several Padres relievers who came to San Diego as relative no-names turned into late-inning bullies. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2026 They were phased out, and we ‘no-name announcers’ were phased in. — Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 4 May 2026 The no-name respiratory virus Boring old common colds that don't have fancy names are the thing doctors are seeing most often. — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026 This was at a time before the blues had become popularized and migrated to clubs on the North Side, and so Branch spent nights at such South and West Side clubs as Pepper’s Lounge, Checkerboard, Theresa’s Lounge and no-name basements and informal spaces. — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for no-name
Recent Examples of Synonyms for no-name
  1. unknown
  2. lightweight
  3. obscure
  4. half-pint
  5. noncelebrity
  6. whippersnapper
  7. nobody
  8. twerp
Adjective
  • Do not drive around barricades or through water of unknown depth.
    — Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 8 July 2026
  • Fighting in Jonglei has intensified in recent days, with an unknown number of casualties.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of unknown
Noun
  • The Gforce Jersey Travel Blanket provides a comfortable layer between me and aggressive air while remaining lightweight enough for year-round use.
    — Brandon Schultz, Travel + Leisure, 6 July 2026
  • In June 2024, the UFC matched Makhachev against former interim UFC lightweight titleholder Dustin Poirier.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
Definition of lightweight
Adjective
  • Intentionally vague and obscure, the Daodejing would go on to inspire various interpretations ranging from philosophical reflections to how to realize the Dao in everyday practice.
    — Michael Naparstek, The Conversation, 6 July 2026
  • The end of legal slavery in New York should not be an obscure historical fact.
    — Tunisia Morrison, New York Daily News, 5 July 2026
Definition of obscure
Noun
  • The 100 Years of Summer bourbon winks at the past by packaging the hooch in the same half-pint bottle ol’ Annie used to hide.
    — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Fat half-pints sagging comfortably in his back pocket.
    — F. Scott Fitzgerald, New Yorker, 17 July 2025
Definition of half-pint
Noun
  • No, that’s what would happen to a noncelebrity such as yourself.
    — Dave Barry, Washington Post, 25 Dec. 2022
  • While Kardashian certainly wasn't the first celebrity (or even noncelebrity) to wear a vintage or archival garment, this particular line of criticism quickly became the focus of the ire directed at Kardashian.
    — Racquel Gates, CNN, 10 May 2022
Definition of noncelebrity
Noun
  • The young whippersnappers in their nice Manhattan apartments see the COVID-19 pandemic as simply one more roadblock between them and hooking up.
    — Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 2 June 2026
  • More, the coaches of the last three title-winning teams (Florida’s Todd Golden and Hurley) all come from the current crop of whippersnappers, as do the leaders of each 1-seed in this tourney.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
Definition of whippersnapper
Noun
  • Yvonne and Nick’s disastrous wedding dinner is the day the cast went from nobodies to actual practitioners of the reality-television arts and sciences.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 1 July 2026
  • Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
    — Daniel Alarcón, New Yorker, 4 June 2026
Definition of nobody
Noun
  • Once a sky-blue democracy is restored, may Trump’s days of infamy be ruled illegitimate and his name and legacy duly tainted by all of history, darkly blackened or cautiously reddened in the honest records that this twerp and his twisted cohorts have conspired so heinously to whitewash.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Taking on classic buddy-comedy attributes, Sam is the together one with a programmatic path toward life as a wealthy but hollow finance twerp, while Ari is the brash, cracked, less-medicated-than-he-should-be bull in a china shop.
    — Joe Reid, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2025
Definition of twerp

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