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2
: not known by name : anonymous
3
: having no legal right to a name (as due to being born to parents not married to each other)
4
: not having been given a name : unnamed
5
: not marked with a name
a nameless grave
6
a
: incapable of precise description : indefinable
b
: too repulsive or distressing to describe
namelessly
adverb
namelessness
noun
Synonyms
Examples of nameless in a Sentence
She left the hotel with a nameless man in a black jacket.
The source for my story prefers to remain nameless.
A top government official, who shall remain nameless, has expressed concern about the decision.
The men were buried there in nameless graves.
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The Gulf, however, remained nameless until the early 1540s, according to the Texas State Historical Association.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
While Amy Adams' nameless mother is the heart of the story, the filmmaker hopes that husbands, who might not understand the female perspective, will view it as a manual for navigating what their wives are going through.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
One was made by a docent and another by a curator at Austin museums, who shall remain nameless for arguably obvious reasons.
—Asher Price, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
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The narrator of Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies (2021) is also nameless, immigrant, and grieving a parent.
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Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025
While Amy Adams' nameless mother is the heart of the story, the filmmaker hopes that husbands, who might not understand the female perspective, will view it as a manual for navigating what their wives are going through.
—Simon Thompson, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
One was made by a docent and another by a curator at Austin museums, who shall remain nameless for arguably obvious reasons.
—Asher Price, Axios, 2 Dec. 2024
Sign up for our weekly newsletter to get The Dial’s latest stories, interviews, and more great writing in your inbox:
The narrator of Katie Kitamura’s Intimacies (2021) is also nameless, immigrant, and grieving a parent.
—Irina Dumitrescu, The Dial, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameless. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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nameless
adjective
name·less
ˈnām-ləs 
1
: having no name
2
: not marked with a name
a nameless grave
3
: unknown entry 1, anonymous
a nameless hero
4
a
: impossible to describe
nameless fears
b
: too disgusting or disturbing to be described
nameless acts of cruelty
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