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hitless

hitless adjective: without any successful songs.

Adjective

hitless (not comparable)

  1. Without any successful songs.
    • While she was hitless herself, Denise produced R & B hits like Bill Coday's "Get Your Lie Straight" and the Sequins' "Hey Romeo."1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 277
  2. Having failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game.
    • Jones is hitless in the last four games.
  3. Having no hits over a period of time, usually part of one game.
    • The team is hitless since the third inning.
  4. Completed without taking damage (getting hit).
    • You get an achievement for pulling off a hitless first area.

Origin of hitless

From hit + -less.

Words formed from hitless

Questions about hitless

What does hitless mean?
Hitless means without any successful songs.
What part of speech is hitless?
Hitless is an adjective.

Words near hitless in the dictionary

  1. Hitlernomics
  2. Hitlerology
  3. Hitlerphobia
  4. Hitlers
  5. Hitlery
  6. hitless
  7. hitlessness
  8. hitlist
  9. hitlists
  10. hitmaker
  11. hitmakers

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