Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
goalless
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
draw
▪ Johns made a second-half appearance for the Reserves in a goalless draw at Darlington and caught the next train back to London.
▪ This was obviously the case last January, when the teams fought out a goalless draw in grim weather at Ayresome Park.
▪ Aided by luck, West Ham held on and it was a goalless draw.
▪ Roughwood played a goalless draw at Farmers Arms and Pinewood shared six goals at home with Bulford.
▪ Leicester could only manage a goalless draw midweek with Sutton Coldfield and will be keen to return to winning form.
▪ After losing centre-forward Lloyd Davies with a knee injury, the Cobblers soldiered on with ten men to earn a goalless draw.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ After a goalless first half, Dave Matthews netted for Heybridge only to be given ruled offside.
▪ Aided by luck, West Ham held on and it was a goalless draw.
▪ Chester played out a goalless game at Bristol City.
▪ Johns made a second-half appearance for the Reserves in a goalless draw at Darlington and caught the next train back to London.
▪ The goalless first half finished on a controversial note when Cambridge were denied an advantage after winger Lee Philpott was felled.
▪ There was no doubting Hearts' superiority in this goalless affair.
▪ This was obviously the case last January, when the teams fought out a goalless draw in grim weather at Ayresome Park.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
goalless
goalless \goalless\ adj. having no points scored; -- of games.
Syn: scoreless, hitless.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
goalless
1835, of journeys, etc., from goal + -less. By 1903 of sports matches where nobody scores. Related: Goallessly; goallessness.
Wiktionary
goalless
a. 1 Devoid of goals; ambitionless. 2 (context sports English) In which no goals have been scored.
WordNet
Usage examples of "goalless".
Yet there was still something wrong, and at some point in the spring of 1989 he had found himself telling his first ex-wife, whom he had once tried to stab with a butter-knife, that his sober life felt pointless and goalless.