nameless.
Not having a name.
Meaning & usage
Not having a name.
Environmental DNA analysis suggests that the number of species of bacteria that remain nameless to date may well be on the order of many thousands.
Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscured.
The culprits shall remain nameless here, as some names have been changed to protect the guilty; just don't let it happen again.
Unable to be described or expressed.
a nameless unease
a nameless fear
Illegitimate.
Not well-known; not having made a name for oneself.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name + -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlaus (“nameless, anonymous”).
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Where this word comes from
From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name + -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlaus (“nameless, anonymous”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.