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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
These cabinets held nothing but nameless rotting bodies.
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Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
There are so many nameless men and women who made this food, who shaped this culture.
—Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 16 Oct. 2025
The Creature, who remains nameless throughout the novel, develops into a sensitive and inquisitive soul, yet one shunned by the world for his appearance.
—Big Think, 14 Oct. 2025
The short list of casualties includes security officer Siberian (Diêm Camille) — who is the victim of a giant plant monster — and a series of nameless soldiers who are killed by a Xenomorph.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
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The company just delivered its first Cessna Citation Ascend this past week to an unnamed owner, marking its official launch onto the aviation scene.—
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Take her description of her decision to quit acting after turning 50 — prompted by her peremptory tone when speaking to an unnamed person on set.—
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First, of course, is Nakache’s incredible resilience in the face of the demons of his past, which stem from the greater history of his country.—
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There were some incredible individual seasons across positions like San Francisco RB Christian McCaffrey, Seattle WR Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Cleveland DE Myles Garrett.—
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The cause of the fire is still unknown.—
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Currently, details about the containment or cause of the fire are unknown.—
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In fact, scientists may have already spotted this cosmic fingerprint in the form of an unidentified X-ray emission in the light spectra from galaxy clusters.—
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That unidentified victim was taken to Memorial Regional Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries.—
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Assembly Bill 877, by Assemblymember Diane Dixon, R-Newport Beach, would have said the unspeakable out loud — explicitly notifying health insurance companies that residential treatment in California is mostly non-medical and should be billed that way.—
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How Vinyl Records Are Valued Sentiment aside, some rare vinyls have unspeakable financial value and have sold for astronomical prices at auctions.—
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Yorgos suggested Bugonia, which comes from an obscure Greek myth about a colony of bees that arises from the corpse of a cow.—
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But unlike Andor, which used its relatively obscure protagonist to showcase regular citizens’ resistance to the tyranny that’s so integral to the Star Wars mythology, Seven Kingdoms seems to exist mostly to tide us over between Dragon seasons.—
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Callers to Crime Stoppers can remain anonymous and qualify for a cash reward.—
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Its users are all anonymous, and no one has to submit documentation to verify their identity, as opposed to traders who access more traditional financial products like Robinhood.—
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The film draws power from the subtle specificity; Børsum’s voice, low and knowing, comes suffused with an ineffable meaning.—
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Some of those moms include the terrific performers Cindy Cheung and Liz Wisan, and the play itself promises satire, songs, bouffon, bodily fluids, and, underneath it all, a contemplation of overwhelming joy and ineffable heartache.—
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“Nameless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nameless. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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