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hitless

American  
[hit-lis] / ˈhɪt lɪs /

adjective

  1. not achieving or including any hits, especially as in baseball or the music industry.


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Tinsley then pitched three hitless innings before UCF’s Aubrey Evans doubled off to right in the fourth.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

In a 3-1 loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

In a loss to the Giants, the Dodgers scored their only run by bunching four walks in one hitless inning.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

Ayden White threw three innings of hitless relief.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

Myself this morn Beheld the Infanta's entrance, as she threw, Proud as some hitless barb, her haughty glance On our assembled chiefs.

From Count Alarcos; a Tragedy by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

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