chance
noun
the absence of any cause of events that can be predicted, understood, or controlled: often personified or treated as a positive agency.
chanceless
-
a word derived from
chance.
Example Sentences
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Root's innings had been chanceless until a yorker from Asitha Fernando hit him on the pad as he attempted to flick the ball off his toes.
From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026
You can take four top-order wickets for 68 runs and the next two will add a chanceless 180 between them, turning a wobble into a crushing victory with nearly 10 overs to spare.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2025
Healy's innings off 107 balls featured 21 fours and three sixes and was chanceless until she sliced Shree Charani, who claimed 3-41, to Sneh Rana, grapsing a diving catch with her fingernails at point.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2025
Put in to bat, England wobbled early but Sciver-Brunt soaked up the pressure well and anchored the innings with a chanceless century to steer her side to a strong 253-9.
From Barron's ● Oct. 11, 2025
Even the departure of Morris, caught in the slips off Saunders’s next over for a chanceless hundred and five, did not disturb him.
From Mike by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
