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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 climax, in which Dwight and his crew beat a group of nameless Chinese immigrant thugs into submission after they’re used as cannon fodder by Cal Thresher to sabotage Dwight’s wind turbines, is more important to the plot and even uglier.
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
The irony here is that Starks’ tracks are nameless just like many vaporwave artists are anonymous.
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In the novel, the factory workers are not glossed over as a nameless mass… Readers also get a glimpse of the workers’ daily existence and challenges such as housing, low wage, layoff, bad health, and debts—something uncommon in contemporary popular literature.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
Harold Perrineau leads a solid cast of (mostly) likeable characters who have to survive these terrors and more, all while trying to piece together the mystery of the nameless town they’re trapped in.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 13 Oct. 2024
The irony here is that Starks’ tracks are nameless just like many vaporwave artists are anonymous.
—Ade D. Adeniji, WIRED, 17 Sep. 2024
In the novel, the factory workers are not glossed over as a nameless mass… Readers also get a glimpse of the workers’ daily existence and challenges such as housing, low wage, layoff, bad health, and debts—something uncommon in contemporary popular literature.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 1 Nov. 2024
Harold Perrineau leads a solid cast of (mostly) likeable characters who have to survive these terrors and more, all while trying to piece together the mystery of the nameless town they’re trapped in.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameless. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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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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