noteless

American  

[noht-lis] / ˈnoʊt lɪs /

adjective

1. not noted; note; undistinguished; unnoticed.

2. unmusical or voiceless.

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Other Word Forms

• notelessly adverb
• notelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of noteless

First recorded in 1610–20; note + -less

Example Sentences

Who braids the noteless leaves to crowns, requiting Desert with fame, in Action's every field?

From Faust by Taylor, Bayard

"Go ask that musing father, why yon grave So narrow, and so noteless, might not close Without a tear?"

From The Christian Home by Philips, Samuel

Nadaud's career is uneventful, but from one point of view, far from being noteless, he was pre-eminently the happy man.

From In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" by Betham-Edwards, Matilda

And in a far more venomous and violent style, the noteless mob of contemporary writers.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 10, August, 1858 by Various

Therein, and through all the passage of this place where the footway was uneven, the light not good, the quality of her voice was low and noteless, sometimes difficult to hear.

From This Freedom by Hutchinson, A. S. M. (Arthur Stuart-Menteth)