1. having no hits, especially in baseball when a pitcher allows no hits to the opposing team
Usage: baseball
2. lacking popular success or commercial hits
Usage: entertainment industry

Examples

• The pitcher threw a hitless game through seven innings.
• It was a hitless performance by the visiting team’s offense.
• The band remained hitless despite releasing three albums.
• After going hitless in his first four at-bats, he finally got a single.
• The songwriter had been hitless for years before his breakthrough.
• The rookie pitcher’s hitless streak ended in the fifth inning.