nameless

Adjective

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (1)

  1. being or having an unknown or unnamed source“a poem by an unknown author”“corporations responsible to nameless owners”“an unnamed donor”Synonyms: unidentifiedunknownunnamed
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Nameless \Name"less\, a.

1.Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. --Waller. [1913 Webster]

2.Undistinguished; not noted or famous. [1913 Webster]

A nameless dwelling and an unknown name.— Harte.[1913 Webster]

3.Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]

4.Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. [1913 Webster]

But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; 't is nameless woe,I wot.— Shak.[1913 Webster]
I have a nameless horror of the man.— Hawthorne.[1913 Webster]
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