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goalless

goalless adjective: devoid of goals; ambitionless.

Adjective

goalless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of goals; ambitionless.
    • Except for those who directly benefit from the system, life becomes a goalless existence, in which the worst human aberrations start germinating.1991, Indu Prakash Singh, Commonism, the manifesto of a new social order
  2. Without goals; in which no goals have been scored; having scored no goals.
    • Stevenage and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw in their League One play-off semi-final first leg.2012 May 11, Chris Osborne, “Stevenage 0-0 Sheff Utd”, in BBC Sport

Origin of goalless

From goal + -less.

Words formed from goalless

Questions about goalless

What does goalless mean?
Goalless means devoid of goals; ambitionless.
What part of speech is goalless?
Goalless is an adjective.

Words near goalless in the dictionary

  1. goalkeeps
  2. goalkept
  3. goalkicker
  4. goalkickers
  5. goalkicking
  6. goalless
  7. goallessly
  8. goallessness
  9. goalline
  10. goallines
  11. goalminder

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