What does nameless mean?

Definitions for nameless
ˈneɪm lɪsname·less

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nameless, unidentified, unknown, unnamedadjective

    being or having an unknown or unnamed source

    "a poem by an unknown author"; "corporations responsible to nameless owners"; "an unnamed donor"

Wiktionary

  1. namelessadjective

    not having a name; unnamed

  2. namelessadjective

    whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscure

  3. namelessadjective

    anonymous

  4. namelessadjective

    unable to be described or expressed

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Namelessadjective

    Etymology: from name.

    On the cold earth lies th’ unregarded king,
    A headless carcass, and a nameless thing. John Denham.

    The milky way,
    Fram’d of many nameless stars. Edmund Waller.

    Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair shrine we trust,
    And sacred, place by John Dryden’s awful dust;
    Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies,
    To which thy tomb shall guide enquiring eyes. Alexander Pope.

    Little credit is due to accusations of this kind, when they come from suspected, that is, from nameless pens. Francis Atterbury, Sermons.

ChatGPT

  1. nameless

    Nameless refers to a person, object, or thing that does not have a given, recognized, or known name. It can also mean not identified by or distinguished by a particular name. Additionally, it can describe something that is hard to describe or is indefinable.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Namelessadjective

    without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star

  2. Namelessadjective

    undistinguished; not noted or famous

  3. Namelessadjective

    not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer

  4. Namelessadjective

    unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible

Wikidata

  1. Nameless

    Nameless is a 1923 Austrian film directed by Michael Curtiz.

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Anagrams for nameless »

  1. salesmen

  2. lameness

  3. maleness

  4. maneless

  5. meanless

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nameless in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nameless in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of nameless in a Sentence

  1. Senate GOP:

    The security issue is related to the Supreme Court justices, not to nameless staff that no one knows.

  2. John Sopko:

    When we talk about the lack of cooperation by DoD, we’ve got emails, and we’ve got memo traffic to support everything we said about their lack of cooperation, i know one nameless, faceless bureaucrat in the Pentagon said, ‘Oh, well, somebody came over once.’ No, no, we have the paperwork.

  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1933:

    The only thing we have to fear is fear itself -- nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.

  4. Elisa Martinez:

    The fashion in which the nameless UNMHSC employee custom orders baby's brains from Boyd's abortion clinic is shocking and disgusting-- but worse, the UNMHSC employee order babies' brains to dissect with summer camp students, which is admitted by UNM HSC chief administrator in the video obtained by New Mexico Alliance for Life.

  5. Kardashian West:

    I definitely take a family survey, but it's usually after the baby's born and we're trying to figure out what the baby looks like, i usually go about three or four days nameless until I feel like it really connects with the baby.

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  • KBrewer
    Does anybody know an American Indian word for a nameless person?
    LikeReply1 year ago
  • Elisa Fernandez
    Elisa Fernandez
    what does the word nameless mean.
    LikeReply 29 years ago
    • STANDS4
      STANDS4
      Thank you Elisa for sharing our definition with your friends! Have a great day and looking forward to your next visit.
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