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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
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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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Lucky Charm was nameless when he was brought into Stray Rescue of St. Louis, and the sight presented was a brutal and horrifying one, the shelter said in a March 17 Facebook post.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
Told from the perspective of its young and nameless female narrator, the book follows a group of 39 women of various ages who spend their days imprisoned in an underground bunker, which is patrolled by a mysterious series of male guards.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
The victim is not some nameless, faceless corporate automaton.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2025
Lucky Charm was nameless when he was brought into Stray Rescue of St. Louis, and the sight presented was a brutal and horrifying one, the shelter said in a March 17 Facebook post.
—Tj MacIas, Kansas City Star, 18 Mar. 2025
Told from the perspective of its young and nameless female narrator, the book follows a group of 39 women of various ages who spend their days imprisoned in an underground bunker, which is patrolled by a mysterious series of male guards.
—Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 24 Feb. 2025
The victim is not some nameless, faceless corporate automaton.
—Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 6 Mar. 2025
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameless. Accessed 13 Apr. 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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