1
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
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.
Recent Examples on the Web
Maybe a nameless urban wag first dubbed them battleships on some Fleet Street in another town.
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Shot by Both Sides - fixed an issue where selecting a specific dialogue option in the conversation with Bree created a nameless, iconless item in the player's Inventory.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
A couple of nameless climbers are ascending El Capitan when a woman’s corpse falls from the summit, nearly sending all three plummeting to the ground and definitely prompting vertigo in sensitive viewers, even if it’s clearly done primarily with CG or compositing (like a lot of elements here).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
The woman, who preferred to remain nameless, told the news station the shooter seemed to target political stickers and pictures in the window.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
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Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Shot by Both Sides - fixed an issue where selecting a specific dialogue option in the conversation with Bree created a nameless, iconless item in the player's Inventory.
—Oliver Brandt, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
A couple of nameless climbers are ascending El Capitan when a woman’s corpse falls from the summit, nearly sending all three plummeting to the ground and definitely prompting vertigo in sensitive viewers, even if it’s clearly done primarily with CG or compositing (like a lot of elements here).
—Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 17 July 2025
The woman, who preferred to remain nameless, told the news station the shooter seemed to target political stickers and pictures in the window.
—Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for nameless
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nameless. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.
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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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