Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having no date whatsoever.
- adjective So ancient that no date can be determined.
- adjective Having no limits in time; timeless.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having no date; bearing nothing to indicate its date.
- Not distinguishable or divisible by dates; without incident; eventless.
- So old or far distant in time as to be undatable; of indefinitely long duration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Without date; having no fixed time.
- adjective not having a social companion for an occasion.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Out of one's head;
deranged . - adjective UK, dialect, slang
thick-headed - adjective Without a date imprinted, assigned, or associated.
- adjective Having no
date —a meeting with a lover or potential lover. - adjective
Timeless ;immortal - adjective Without a start;
immemorial - adjective archaic Without an end;
endless
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date
- adjective not bearing a date
- adjective unaffected by time
- adjective having no known beginning and presumably no end
Etymologies
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Examples
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Now I was going to be known as the dateless chick, the four-eyed freaky one, the less-than-zero girl.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School Jack Canfield 2008
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Now I was going to be known as the dateless chick, the four-eyed freaky one, the less-than-zero girl.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Teens Talk Middle School Jack Canfield 2008
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That's what they think men are -- and that is why they will remain dateless. posted by sydney on
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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That's what they think men are -- and that is why they will remain dateless. posted by sydney on
Medpundit 2005
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I wouldn't write it now, though, I'd write it when I'm 30 ... or pushing 30, and still "dateless".
elfpvke Diary Entry elfpvke 2004
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After Jake Gyllenhaal's breakup with Taylor Swift, you might think he'd be dateless for this year's Golden Globes.
Who Was Jake Gyllenhaal's Golden Globes Date? Jordan Zakarin 2011
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After Jake Gyllenhaal s breakup with Taylor Swift, you might think he d be dateless for this year s Golden Globes.
Who Was Jake Gyllenhaal's Golden Globes Date? Jordan Zakarin 2011
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The play evokes that early, bewildering period where no one really understood what was happening, bringing with it the memory of "precious friends hid in death's dateless night."
Howard Kissel: Three Revivals Howard Kissel 2011
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After Jake Gyllenhaal's breakup with Taylor Swift, you might think he'd be dateless for this year's Golden Globes.
Who Was Jake Gyllenhaal's Golden Globes Date? Jordan Zakarin 2011
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After Jake Gyllenhaal's breakup with Taylor Swift, you might think he'd be dateless for this year's Golden Globes.
Who Was Jake Gyllenhaal's Golden Globes Date? Jordan Zakarin 2011
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