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   nameless

   /ˈneɪmlɪs/

   adjective

   • 1. having no name or no known name: "some pictures were taken by a nameless photographer"
   • ▪ deliberately not identified; anonymous: "the director of an organization which shall remain nameless" Similar unnamedunidentifiedanonymousincognitounspecifiedunacknowledgeduncreditedunknownunheard ofunsunguncelebratedingloriousobscureuntitledundesignatedunlabelleduntaggedrare:innominateOpposite well knownfamous
   • ▪ (of a child) illegitimate: archaic "his grandfather had been a nameless, parentless child"
   • 2. (especially of an emotion) not easy to describe; indefinable: "a nameless yearning for transcendence" Similar unspeakableunutterableinexpressibleunmentionableindescribableabominablehorribledreadfulappallingshockingawfulterriblefrightfulindefinablevagueobscureunspecifiedunspecifiableOpposite specific
   • ▪ too horrific to be described: "the myths talk about nameless horrors infesting our universe"

   Derivatives

   • 1. namelessly adverb
   • 2. namelessness noun

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishNAMELESS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   NAMELESS definition: 1. having no name, or having a name that is not known: 2. having no name, or having a name that is…. Learn more.

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   Nameless describe something as literally not having a name or can be used in specific cases when a name is not given, as in The worker who will remain nameless said that the manager walked out on Sunday.

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   The meaning of NAMELESS is obscure, undistinguished. How to use nameless in a sentence.

5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishNAMELESS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

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   You describe people or things as nameless when you do not know their name or when they do not have a name. They can have their cases rejected, without reasons being given, by nameless officials. If you say that someone or something will remain nameless, you mean that you will not mention their name, often because you do not want to embarrass them.

6. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › definition › englishnameless adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and...

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   [usually before noun] having no name; whose name you do not know. whose name is kept secret synonym anonymous. She was insulted by one of the team, who shall remain nameless. [usually before noun] (literary) difficult or too unpleasant to describe. Definition of nameless adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

7. www.thefreedictionary.com › namelessNameless - definition of nameless by The Free Dictionary

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   1. having no name. 2. not referred to by name. 3. anonymous: a nameless source of information. 4. incapable of being specified or described. 5. too shocking or vile to be specified: a nameless crime. 6. having no legitimate paternal name, as a child born out of wedlock. 7. unknown to fame; obscure. name′less•ness, n.

8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › namelessNameless - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

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   Someone or something that has no name is nameless. You can also describe someone as nameless when you choose not to identify them or reveal their name publicly.

9. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryNAMELESS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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   NAMELESS meaning: 1. having no name, or having a name that is not known: 2. having no name, or having a name that is…. Learn more.

10. www.collinsdictionary.com › us › dictionaryNAMELESS - All you need to know about it | Collins English ...

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    You describe people or things as nameless when you do not know their name or when they do not have a name. [...] 2. If you say that someone or something will remain nameless, you mean that you will not mention their name, often because you do not want to embarrass them. [...] • unnamed, unknown, obscure [...] • anonymous, unknown, unnamed [...]

11. www.yourdictionary.com › namelessNameless Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

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    Nameless definition: Having or bearing no name.