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goalless

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You'd travel to an away match, see some goalless draw, and had wasted your weekend.

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Quick take

Devoid of goals; ambitionless.

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adjective

Devoid of goals; ambitionless.

adjective

(sports) Without goals; in which no goals have been scored; having scored no goals.

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Example sentences

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You'd travel to an away match, see some goalless draw, and had wasted your weekend.

2

Today, for instance, Messi didn't score against Switzerland, and the team was goalless for 117 mins until a tepid 1-0 in extra time...

3

The German Pirate Party of today is an unelectable, goalless, anarchist mess resembling the Pirate Party of 4-5 years ago only in the name.

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I've seen plenty of absolutely thrilling goalless draws, and plenty of boring 1 goal wins.

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If somebody's had any success with vague goalless 7-minute workouts, or has even stuck with them consistently, I'd love to hear differing opinions.

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This goalless nature is one of its strengths.

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It is also completely goalless; if there is a fantastic two-gene change that a species could make, even if both are individually advantageous, there's no particular force that will cause them to occur [1].

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A long winded, confusing, seemingly goalless introduction, but entertaining and filled with personal anecdotes, culminating in some grand theory that is deeply twisted and far fetched and perfectly reasonable and obvious at the same time.

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(Today, for instance, Messi didn't score against Switzerland, and the team was goalless for 117 mins until a tepid 1-0 in extra time ( edit: but assisted by Messi!

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How do you use goalless in a sentence?

You'd travel to an away match, see some goalless draw, and had wasted your weekend.

What does goalless mean?

Devoid of goals; ambitionless.

What part of speech is goalless?

goalless is commonly used as adjective.