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name‧less
1 used when you want to say that someone has done something wrong but without mentioning their name, especially to criticize them in a friendly way : A certain person, who shall remain nameless, forgot to lock the front door.
who shall remain nameless
spokenA certain person, who shall remain nameless, forgot to lock the front door.2 [only before noun] a nameless person is someone whose name is not known : the work of some nameless 13th century writer
the work of some nameless 13th century writer3 [only before noun] a nameless thing does not have a name : He lay still in his nameless grave.
He lay still in his nameless grave.4 [only before noun] literary nameless emotions are very strong and difficult to describe in words : He managed to calm her nameless fears.
He managed to calm her nameless fears.5 [only before noun] literary too terrible to name or describe : nameless horrors
nameless horrors