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dateless

da·te·less

UK/ˈdeɪtlɪs/ uncommon slang uk

adjective

1.

having no known beginning and presumably no end

  • “the dateless rise and fall of the tides”
  • “time is endless”
  • “sempiternal truth”
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2.

of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date

  • “dateless customs”
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3.

not bearing a date

  • “a dateless letter”
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4.

unaffected by time

  • “few characters are so dateless as Hamlet”
  • “Helen”
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Origin

Unknown. Perhaps derived from Old English þeatless (“thoughtless, without plan”). See also deedless.

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