nameless
pronunciation
How to pronounce nameless in British English:
UK [ˈneɪmləs]
How to pronounce nameless in American English:
US [ˈnemlɪs]
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- Adjective:
- being or having an unknown or unnamed source
Word Origin
- nameless (adj.)
- early 14c., "undistinguished," from name (n.) + -less. Meaning "having no name" is early 15c.; that of "too abominable to be named" is from 1610s. Similar formation in Dutch naamloos, German namenlos. Related: Namelessly; namelessness.
Example
- 1. The first official shall remain nameless .
- 2. The nameless author leaves your imagination to supply the rest .
- 3. I 'd rather address the tomb as a historic witness than a nameless destination .
- 4. An avalanche thunders down the rocky flanks of nameless tower in pakistan 's karakoram range .
- 5. Mistakes result in the game 's nameless boy expiring in sad little deaths that generate the game 's simultaneously chilling and darkly humorous tone .