noteless

American  

[noht-lis] / ˈnoʊt lɪs /

adjective

1. not noted; undistinguished; unnoticed.

2. unmusical or voiceless.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• notelessness
  noun
• notelessly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of noteless

First recorded in 1610–20; note + -less

Example Sentences

Far be the noteless hour That holds of fame no flower  For those who dared our deep   A hundred years ago.

From An Anthology of Australian Verse by Stevens, Bertram

Then the rage of the demon and the river,—the noteless grave,—and, at last, even she who had been most trusted forgetting him,— "Giovanna, none else have care for me."

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

Some noteless Gaelic poet had made this into a forgotten ballad, some odd verses of which my white-capped friend remembered and sang for me.

From The Celtic Twilight by Yeats, W. B. (William Butler)

There are noteless lives, of course—lives that accept obscurity, mechanically run their narrow round of circumstance, and are lost; but when a life endeavors to lose itself,—to hide some conscious guilt or failure,—can it succeed?

From Beauty and the Beast, and Tales of Home by Taylor, Bayard

In its place was an honest bit of colour on the canvas,—a drab colour and noteless.

From From the Housetops by Cootes, F. Graham