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scoreless

scoreless

15 2.9
A game period when neither team gets any points
  • adjective
  • /ˈskɔːr.ləs/
: sin goles
  • Despite numerous attempts, the match remained scoreless at the end of regulation.
  • scoreless inning
  • scoreless tie
  • scoreless game

Examples

  • The two teams played through a tense, scoreless first half.

  • The game got off to a slow start as the teams battled through a scoreless first quarter.

    Blog text (16)

  • We are still scoreless in the first quarter.

    80 for Brady (2023)

  • However, the contest would be scoreless at the half.

    Blog text (1)

  • Through the first minutes of the first quarter, both teams were scoreless.

    Blog text (17)

  • North Carolina and Florida are scoreless.

    Two for the Money (2005)

  • The Eagles and Crusaders ended with a scoreless tie during their match on September 1st.

    Blog text (27)

  • The game was scoreless at the end of the first quarter, as the teams traded punts and near-misses.

    Blog text (9)

  • After a scoreless overtime, the Condors went to the shootout for the sixth time this season.

    Blog text (21)

  • Men's Soccer's game, too, came down to the wire, but ended in a scoreless draw after 110 minutes of play.

    Blog text (18)

Synonyms

goalless
vsscoreless
1 3.0

A game in which neither team scores any goals

includes absence of any points not only goals

Antonyms

scoring
107 1.4

Getting points in a game or match

How High-Scoring

high score
51 2.7
scoreless
15 2.9

Surface Forms

scoreless positive

Morphology

scoreless = score (transparent) = score + less

Formed by the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without' added to the clear base 'score', yielding 'without score'.

Etymology

The word scoreless comes from the word score, meaning 'points', and the ending -less, meaning 'without'. So a scoreless game is one 'without points' or 'with no goals'.