adj
Meaning 1
Devoid of goals; ambitionless.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
goalless
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adj
Meaning 2
Without goals; in which no goals have been scored; having scored no goals.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
having no points scores
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a scoreless inning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: scoreless, hitless
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English goalless From goal + -less.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Esperanto: sencela — without ambition
- Finnish: päämäärätön — without ambition
- German: ziellos — without ambition
- Finnish: maaliton — without scored goals
- German: torlos — without scored goals
- Norwegian Bokmål: mållaus — without scored goals
- Norwegian Bokmål: målløs — without scored goals
- Norwegian Nynorsk: mållaus — without scored goals
- Polish: bezbramkowy — without scored goals
- Swedish: mållös — without scored goals
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