namelessness
lɪs 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.
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nameless (ˈneɪmlɪs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | without a name; anonymous |
| 2. | incapable of being named; indescribable: a nameless horror seized him |
| 3. | too unpleasant or disturbing to be mentioned: nameless atrocities |
| 4. | having no legal name; illegitimate: a nameless child |
| 'namelessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'namelessness | |
| —n | |
| nameless (ˈneɪmlɪs) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | without a name; anonymous |
| 2. | incapable of being named; indescribable: a nameless horror seized him |
| 3. | too unpleasant or disturbing to be mentioned: nameless atrocities |
| 4. | having no legal name; illegitimate: a nameless child |
| 'namelessly | |
| —adv | |
| 'namelessness | |
| —n | |
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