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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
the victim of the crime will remain nameless to protect his privacy those nameless editors who write the synopses for TV shows in the newspaper
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as in incredible
beyond the power to describe
was seized with a nameless, vague fear that made her seek the companionship of another person
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as in unknown
not widely known
a nameless poet who has just been rediscovered by devotees of love poems
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Recent Examples of nameless
It isn’t hidden in an alley or obscured via a nameless door.
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
As the play’s nameless protagonist, Radcliffe has the difficult task of being both its emotional engine and its conductor, leading the laypeople through their cues.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
This includes a comic scene about proofreading the monotonous legal documents that clerks like Bartleby were paid pennies to copy, and a scene at the end where a jail cook rattles off all the former occupations of its now-nameless inmates.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The road was nameless, or none of us recalled its name.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
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Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2026
As the play’s nameless protagonist, Radcliffe has the difficult task of being both its emotional engine and its conductor, leading the laypeople through their cues.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 4 Mar. 2026
This includes a comic scene about proofreading the monotonous legal documents that clerks like Bartleby were paid pennies to copy, and a scene at the end where a jail cook rattles off all the former occupations of its now-nameless inmates.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
The road was nameless, or none of us recalled its name.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nameless
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West was court-ordered to pay more than $76,000 of the unnamed employee's legal fees in September; the case remains on hold.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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The filing was reported by Bloomberg, the Wall Street Journal and Reuters, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.—
Chris Isidore,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2026
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What the staff and workers have done in this span of time has been incredible.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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As pontiff, Leo wields incredible power and influence — but in truth, the message isn’t new.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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But with game preservation increasingly becoming an important aspect in the industry, Defender seems to be a fading memory for older players, as well as an unknown game for younger ones.—
Daryl Baxter,
Space.com,
4 Apr. 2026
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The Mercedes-Benz driver, a 27-year-old man, was taken to a hospital with unknown injuries.—
Katie Langford,
Denver Post,
4 Apr. 2026
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The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online.—
Kyle Eustice,
VIBE.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Investigators found that an altercation on the bus allegedly involved the suspect and an unidentified female, according to Jaques.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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Then the studio structured trailers and marketing around an unspecified, unspeakable disclosure by Zendaya’s character that derails the wedding plans (and imperils the characters’ romantic union) to stoke maximum curiosity.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
2 Apr. 2026
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Our hearts go out to the innocent juvenile victim of this unspeakable crime and her family.—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Mar. 2026
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More elderly people could find themselves at the mercy of an obscure government program meant to save them from harm and preserve their dignity when their ability to take care of themselves is diminished.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
2 Apr. 2026
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Lyrics in the song include clear references to Taylor’s life and style, and also some more obscure Easter-egg-type reference.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
31 Mar. 2026
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An Air Canada flight collided with a firetruck in New York City on March 22, a passenger made a verbal bomb threat Sunday night while taxiing on a Frontier flight in Atlanta and the Raleigh airport was evacuated after an anonymous threat Monday morning.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Lindsey Jordan’s third LP of grungy, dreamy guitar rock aims for the same affective highs and lows of her previous records, but the hooks don’t sink as deep, and the production sounds frustratingly anonymous.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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But it’s driven by the same instincts that make her other work seem to express something ineffable about the way musical subcultures fit into the world.—
H.D. Angel,
Pitchfork,
4 Mar. 2026
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But while this may help some artists, others continue to credit the ineffable qualities of music composition.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
19 Feb. 2026
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nameless. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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