1. the state or quality of being without a name or of having an unknown name
2. the state of being too terrible, awful, or indescribable to be named
Usage: literary

Examples

• The namelessness of the anonymous donor protected their privacy.
• She preferred the namelessness of city life where no one knew her past.
• The horror of the crime had a certain namelessness that left witnesses speechless.
• The namelessness of the unmarked grave troubled the family.
• In the vast crowd, he found comfort in his namelessness.
• The poet wrote about the namelessness of certain emotions that words cannot capture.