noteless

American  

[noht-lis] / ˈnoʊt lɪs /

adjective

1. not noted; 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

He lifteth up the nations at His will, Or sweeps them with his lightest breath away Like noteless atoms.

From Man of Uz, and Other Poems by Sigourney, Lydia Howard

Some wretched noteless human being is crushed to death by a train, and the newspapers head their paragraph "Fearful Tragedy at Peckham Rye."

From A Critical History of Greek Philosophy by Stace, W. T. (Walter Terence)

My note-book remained noteless, and finally, at some odd evasion of his, accomplished by a monosyllable, I laughed outright—and he did, too!

From Beasley's Christmas Party by Tarkington, Booth

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

"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