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noteless

American  
[noht-lis] / ˈnoʊt lɪs /

adjective

  1. not noted; note; undistinguished; unnoticed.

  2. unmusical or voiceless.


Other Word Forms

  • notelessly adverb
  • notelessness noun

Etymology

Origin of noteless

First recorded in 1610–20; note + -less

Example Sentences

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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

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)

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

From Faust by Taylor, Bayard

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)

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