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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.
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Nameless

Name"less\, a. 1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. --Waller.

2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous.

A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. --Harte.

3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." --Atterbury.

4. Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible.

But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; ?t is nameless woe,I wot. --Shak.

I have a nameless horror of the man. --Hawthorne.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : nameless
Spanish: indescriptible,
German: namenlos,
Japanese: 無名の
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