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FromMiddle Englishnameles, equivalent toname +‎-less. Cognate withDutchnaamloos(nameless),Germannamenlos(nameless),Danishnavnløs(nameless),Swedishnamnlös(nameless),Icelandicnafnlaus(nameless, anonymous).

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Adjective

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nameless (notcomparable)

  1. Not having aname.
    Synonym:unnamed
    Environmental DNA analysis suggests that the number of species of bacteria that remainnameless to date may well be on the order of many thousands.
  2. Whose name isunknown;unidentified orobscured.
    Synonyms:anonymous,deidentified
    The culprits shall remainnameless here, as some names have been changed to protect the guilty; just don't let it happen again.
    • 2022 March 2, David Yaffe-Bellany, “Millions for Crypto Start-Ups, No Real Names Necessary”, inThe New York Times[1],→ISSN, archived fromthe original on3 March 2022:
      Victims of rug pulls are often left with little recourse againstnameless thieves.
  3. Unable to bedescribed orexpressed.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:indescribable
    anameless unease
    anameless fear
  4. (dated, of a child)Illegitimate.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:illegitimate

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having no name

Noun

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the nameless

  1. (obsolete)Vulva.
    Synonyms:name-it-not;see alsoThesaurus:vulva

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