patternlessadj.
/ˈpatnlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpædərnləs/ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique
unilicheOE
makelessc1225
unevenlyc1230
peerlessc1330
alonea1382
uncomparablea1382
unoverpassablea1382
solea1398
incomparable1412
sans-peer1426
nonpareilc1450
invincible1509
matchless1530
inimitable1531
unmatchable1544
unmatched1548
unpassable1563
alonely1567
inequivalent1568
mateless1570
unparagonized1578
only1581
fellowlessa1586
unimitablea1586
compareless1590
incompared1590
immatchless1595
unequalized1596
nonsuch1598
paragonless1599
immatchable1601
unparalleled1601
uncompeered1602
unpeered1602
imparalleled1604
unpeerable1604
unrivalled1607
uncompanioned1608
unexampled1610
unsurmountable1611
unsurpassable1611
unparagoned1612
patternless1613
unpatterned1617
unique1618
unparallelable1621
parallelless1622
unmatchless1623
single1633
unexemplifieda1634
unsampleda1638
unequalled1639
imparallel1641
unparallel1645
unseconded1646
unexemplary1649
unaccessional1651
unequalable1659
uncome-at-able1694
rivalless1735
untouched1735
unexcelleda1800
unexceeded1813
sans-pareilly1818
unsurpassed1818
unrivallable1823
unapproachable1834
untranscendeda1849
insuperable1849
unbrothered1853
unapproached1856
insurpassable1859
untouchable1867
hors concours1884
1613 T. Heywood Siluer Age iii. sig. F4v Thy curtesie equals thy actiue power: And thou in both art chiefe and patternelesse.
1683 I. Walton Chalkhill's Thealma & Clearchus 103 Every part So patternless deform'd, 'twould puzzle Art To make her counterfeit.
2. Having no pattern or design; plain, undecorated.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > pattern or design > [adjective] > not
patternless1853
unpatterned1860
1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxix. 387 Richard..beating the Devil's Tattoo with his boot on the patternless carpet.
1878 H. S. Wilson Alpine Ascents iv. 133 A room with blank patternless walls.
1890 Amer. Geogr. Soc. 588 These are so closely laid and regularly distributed as to resemble a mosaic pavement, but of course a patternless one.
1937 ‘M. Innes’ Hamlet, Revenge! ii. iv. 143 Dark parquetry with..patternless cream carpet down the centre.
1982 A. Tyler Dinner at Homesick Restaurant vi. 168 The linoleum's worn patternless near the counters.
2002 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 28 Jan. 36 Canada bought some patternless, tan-coloured fatigues to outfit soldiers on the Somalia and Gulf War deployments.
3. Formless; conforming to, or possessing, no discernible arrangement or pattern.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > arrangement or fact of being arranged > other specific arrangements > [adjective] > in a pattern > not
patternless1880
1880 Appletons' Jrnl. June 522/2 The pattern should be of the plainest possible kind, and, if I may so express it, patternless.
1930 Mod. Lang. Jrnl. 15 193 Pattern is indispensable to the arts, as the horrible patternless noises and splotches and pages of recent notoriety make clear.
1963 Times 20 May 4/7 Tambling..almost stole two more goals near the end to make nonsense of all Sunderland's patternless hammering.
1975 Sci. Amer. May 47/2 Clearly a more sensible definition of randomness is required, one that does not contradict the intuitive concept of a ‘patternless’ number.
2002 Daily Post (Liverpool) (Nexis) 16 Oct. 22 The victory,..from England's point of view, was as patternless as the average Premiership encounter.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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