Goalless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Devoid of goals; ambitionless. not-comparable

    "Except for those who directly benefit from the system, life becomes a goalless existence, in which the worst human aberrations start germinating."

  2. 2
    Without goals; in which no goals have been scored; having scored no goals. not-comparable

    "Stevenage and Sheffield United played out a goalless draw in their League One play-off semi-final first leg."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having no points scores wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
hitlessissuelesspointlessscorelessscorelessunpurposed

Example

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"The match ended in a goalless draw."

Etymology

From goal + -less.

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