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goalless

adj

Etymology

From goal + -less.

  1. derived from *gailō✻ — “crevice, gap”
  2. derived from *gailu✻
  3. inherited from *gāl✻ — “obstacle, barrier, marker”
  4. inherited from gol — “boundary, limit”
  5. suffixed as goalless — “goal + less”

Definitions

  1. Devoid of goals

    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.

  2. Without goals

    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.

The neighborhood

Derived

goallessly, goallessness

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA