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goalless

  • a word derived from goal.
    goal
    noun
    the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.

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In the goalless draw with Real Madrid at Vallecas in November, Chavarria produced an excellent defensive performance - showing the aggression and discipline required to deal with elite attacking players.

From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026

His only major honour across two decades in the dugout was the 2014 League Cup with Aberdeen, won on penalties after a goalless draw with Inverness Caledonian Thistle.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

There was a brief moment of panic when they began the tournament with a goalless draw against Cape Verde, but since then, the team has been quietly clinical.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

They have now gone 10 hours and nine minutes without conceding in the competition - stretching back to a goalless draw in the last 16 in 2022, when Morocco advanced through penalties.

From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026

There's nothing that's "final" in infinite time, That great, goalless, measureless race-course sublime?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, February 25, 1893 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand