noteless

American  

[noht-lis] / ˈnoʊt lɪs /

adjective

1. not noted; note; 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

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)

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

Then the rage of the demon and the river,—the noteless grave,—and, at last, even she who had been most trusted forgetting him,— "Giovanna, none else have care for me."

From Modern Painters. Vol. III (of V) Containing Part IV. Of Many Things by Ruskin, John

"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