renownlessadj.
/rᵻˈnaʊnləs/, U.S. /rəˈnaʊnləs/, /riˈnaʊnləs/ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > [adjective] > of ill repute
unhonesta1382
ill-famed1483
scoury?a1513
renownless1552
uncredited1586
bankrupt1601
discredited1605
disopinioned1622
creditless1660
unreputable1688
irreputable1709
low-lifed?1750
louche1819
characterless1825
disreputable1828
pikey1838
shady1862
lowlife1939
sleazoid1976
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > disgrace or dishonour > [adjective] > disgraced or dishonoured
shentc1440
hontous?1473
defamed1474
shamed1508
renownless1552
opprobrious1569
distained1590
ruined1596
dishonorate1601
dishonoured1608
disgraceda1616
scandalleda1616
baffled1671
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Renowmles..ignominis.
2. Unrenowned, unheralded; unknown, obscure.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective]
namelessc1330
ungloriousa1382
unfamousc1384
unglorifieda1395
unrenowned1525
gloryless1540
obscurec1540
incelebrateda1552
honourlessa1560
unnoted1566
eclipsed1587
irrenowned1590
inglorious1591
ungraced1595
unreputed1596
reputeless1598
unreckoned1599
undistinguished1600
unfamed1609
without name1611
unremarkable1628
uncried up1631
undignified1716
unapplauded1739
uncelebrated1740
renownless1821
bannerlessc1850
untrumpeted1859
anonymous1860
reportlessc1865
unillustrious1885
obscured1891
statusless1899
unarrived1902
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [adjective] > not known to many > lacking repute
unfamousc1384
dark?c1400
recondite1722
renownless1821
no-name1979
1821 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 301 Then be my despicable lot Unloved—renownless—and forgot.
1828 Carolina Observer (Fayetteville, N. Carolina) 13 Mar. He defends himself with a handful of citizens, upon a new and renownless shore.
1892 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 388/2 He grew vexed that a little renownless girl should dare to address a very smart young man like him.
1944 Lowell (Mass.) Sun 16 Apr. 2/5 The renownless everyday aspect of Moody street bridge.
1999 D. M. Kennedy Freedom From Fear xix. 688 Like Grant,..another renownless midwestern career military officer plucked from obscurity by the caprice of war, Eisenhower would later ascend to the presidency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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