dateless
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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date1 (deɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a specified day of the month: today's date is October 27 |
| 2. | the particular day or year of an event: the date of the Norman Conquest was 1066 |
| 3. | (plural) the years of a person's birth and death or of the beginning and end of an event or period |
| 4. | an inscription on a coin, letter, etc, stating when it was made or written |
| 5. | a. an appointment for a particular time, esp with a person to whom one is sexually or romantically attached: she has a dinner date |
| b. the person with whom the appointment is made | |
| 6. | the present moment; now (esp in the phrases to date, up to date) |
| —vb | |
| 7. | (tr) to mark (a letter, coin, etc) with the day, month, or year |
| 8. | (tr) to assign a date of occurrence or creation to |
| 9. | (intr; |
| 10. | (tr) to reveal the age of: that dress dates her |
| 11. | to make or become old-fashioned: some good films hardly date at all |
| 12. | informal chiefly (US), (Canadian) |
| a. to be a boyfriend or girlfriend of (someone of the opposite sex) | |
| b. to accompany (a member of the opposite sex) on a date | |
| [C14: from Old French, from Latin dare to give, as in the phrase epistula data Romae letter handed over at Rome] | |
| 'datable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'dateable1 | |
| —adj | |
| 'dateless1 | |
| —adj | |
| dateless (ˈdeɪtlɪs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | likely to remain fashionable, relevant, or interesting regardless of age; timeless |
| 2. | having no date or limit |
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Example sentences
They are dateless in a sense and, because they are carefully crafted, are long-lasting.
When they have chosen, the dateless guy comes back in and must guess who they are with the dating game questions he asks.
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