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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He and Gill matched England's largely chanceless opening stand, with the series finale only the second ODI to see both sides put on a first-wicket score of over 140.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
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
Having arrived with the score 11-2, it helped him make a careful start before dominating the bowling in a chanceless 110 not out.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2024
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
