goalless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English goalless From goal + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) 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:
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(not-comparable) 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:
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Translations (10)
de torlos (without scored goals) · de ziellos (without ambition) · nb mållaus (without scored goals) · fi päämäärätön (without ambition) · fi maaliton (without scored goals) · nn mållaus (without scored goals) · pl bezbramkowy (without scored goals) · sv mållös (without scored goals) · eo sencela (without ambition) · nb målløs (without scored goals)