dateless meaning

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dateless (adjective): having no known beginning and presumably no end.

dateless has 4 meanings in this dictionary.

dateless as an adjective

  1. having no known beginning and presumably no end
    • the dateless rise and fall of the tides
    • time is endless
    • sempiternal truth

    Synonyms: endless, sempiternal

    Similar: infinite

  2. of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
    • dateless customs

    Similar: undatable

  3. not bearing a date
    • a dateless letter

    Synonyms: undated

    Similar: undatable

  4. unaffected by time
    • few characters are so dateless as Hamlet
    • Helen's timeless beauty

    Synonyms: timeless

    Similar: unaltered

Scrabble score: 9 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DA · words ending in SS · 8-letter words

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