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# nameless

adjective

«nameless» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Nameless means having no name or whose name is not known. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#m1)
2. Nameless means whose name is kept secret on purpose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#m2)
3. A nameless feeling (fear, dread) is too strange or strong to describe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#m3)

### In the lessons

In stories it creates mystery: a nameless stranger, a nameless dread. In news it is like «unnamed». In history, nameless soldiers or workers are people whose names were lost. Phrases: «a nameless fear», «who shall remain nameless» (a joke way of not naming someone).

### Examples

- A nameless stranger knocked at the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x1)
- The stray cat was nameless until we called it Biscuit. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x2)
- Someone, who shall remain nameless, ate all the biscuits! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x3)
- She felt a nameless fear in the dark wood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x4)
- The tomb holds a nameless soldier. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x5)
- The river was nameless on the old map. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x6)
- Suddenly--he could not have told why--a nameless fear seized upon him, and he fled away from the shore as if for his life. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/#x7)

### Note

Adjective: name + -less (without). «Who shall remain nameless» is a playful phrase meaning "I won't say who, but you know". Close word: unnamed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «nameless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nameless/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«nameless» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/nameless.html) on Mova free.