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nameless

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name⋅less

  [neym-lis]
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–adjective
1. having no name.
2. left unnamed: a certain person who shall be nameless.
3. anonymous: a nameless source of information.
4. incapable of being specified or described: a nameless charm.
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: a nameless poet; nameless defenders of the country.
Origin:
1275–1325; ME; see name, -less

Related forms:
name⋅less⋅ly, adverb
name⋅less⋅ness, noun
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name·less   (nām'lĭs)   
adj.  

  1. Having or bearing no name: nameless stars.

  2. Unknown by name; obscure: the nameless dead.

  3. Not designated by name; anonymous: a nameless benefactor.

  4. Defying description; inexpressible: nameless horror.

name'less·ly adv., name'less·ness n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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