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The Collaborative International Dictionary
hitless

hitless \hitless\ adj.

  1. (Baseball) Having no hits scored; -- of a baseball game (or the pitching) in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits; as, a hitless game.

    Syn: no-hit.

  2. Having no points scored.

    Syn: scoreless, goalless.

Wiktionary
hitless

a. 1 (context baseball of a batter English) Having failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game. 2 (context baseball of a team English) Having no hits over a period of time, usually part of one game.

WordNet
hitless

  1. adj. (of a batter) without a hit; "he went hitless for three innings"

  2. having no points scores; "a scoreless inning" [syn: scoreless, goalless]

Usage examples of "hitless".

The streak will not be broken until August the third of this year when Moxie will once more go hitless after hitting in one hundred and one.

He got a homer every time he was up, then Coach Vic had to plod his hitless way through the team roster until Bennie's number came up again before the Bobcats could get another run on the board.