Meanings
adjectivegoalless (not comparable)
- not comparableDevoid 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 - not comparablehobbiesWithout 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving no points scores
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰeh₂-
- Proto-Germanic*gailō
- Proto-West Germanic*gailu
- Old English*gāl
- Middle Englishgol
- Englishgoal
- Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
- Proto-Germanic*leusaną
- Proto-Germanic*lausaz
- Englishgoalless
Translations
Esperanto sencela
- sencelawithout ambition
Finnish päämäärätön, maaliton
- päämäärätönwithout ambition
- maalitonwithout scored goals
German ziellos, torlos
- zielloswithout ambition
- torloswithout scored goals
Norwegian Bokmål mållaus, målløs
- mållauswithout scored goals
- målløswithout scored goals
Polish bezbramkowy
- bezbramkowywithout scored goals
Swedish mållös
- mållöswithout scored goals
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Cite this entry
APA
goalless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalless
MLA
“goalless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalless. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “goalless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/goalless.
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