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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
scoreless
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
innings
▪ The Giants relievers turned in a much-needed solid performance, tossing five scoreless innings.
▪ Left-hander Joey Eischen and right-hander Mike Harkey each pitched two scoreless innings.
▪ Ismael Valdes pitched four scoreless innings and the Dodgers defeated the Expos 3-1 in a game rained out after five innings.
▪ Between May 28 and June 30, Slocumb pitched 12 2 / 3 scoreless innings.
▪ He was outstanding, working three scoreless innings, only giving up a walk.
▪ In his second exhibition start, Tom Candiotti pitched four scoreless innings.
▪ Hitchcock began with three scoreless innings, long enough for the offense to give him a 3-0 lead.
▪ Brian Anderson finished with three scoreless innings for a save.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A scoreless first half saw defences uppermost on both sides with Ireland defending with spirit.
▪ After a scoreless first period, the teams exchanged power-play goals in the second.
▪ He had been held scoreless for the first twenty-five minutes of the game but certainly went to town afterwards!
▪ Ismael Valdes pitched four scoreless innings and the Dodgers defeated the Expos 3-1 in a game rained out after five innings.
▪ Left-hander Joey Eischen and right-hander Mike Harkey each pitched two scoreless innings.
▪ Ted returned to the fray after a scoreless first half and played at outside-right.
▪ The Giants relievers turned in a much-needed solid performance, tossing five scoreless innings.
▪ The mid-fielders ruled the roost up to the interval, but after a scoreless first half the Antrim team showed great dominance.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
scoreless

in games, 1880, from score (n.) + -less.

Wiktionary
scoreless

a. no points or goals etc having been scored

WordNet
scoreless

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

Usage examples of "scoreless".

There followed a brisk exchange of missiles, also ending in a scoreless draw, and subjecting the two humans to nothing worse than one more strange noise.

And closer to home, the Angels and Blue Devils played to a scoreless tie.

With the game scoreless half way through the first quarter, Bernie Kosar threw a fifty-six yard touchdown pass to Webster Slaughter.

Stars-Bills game was scoreless at the end of the first quarter, and as Phoebe left the field and entered the skybox, she was so tense she wished she could spend the next three quarters hiding out with a VCR and an old Doris Day movie.

ROCKFISH went scoreless in the seventh, shut down on a strikeout, and a spiffy double play started by Aubrey at short.

It was still early in the first period, both teams scoreless, but the checks were flying hard and fast between the longtime NHL rivals.

At the half it was scoreless, but Coach was still mad cause the Pirates were making us look bad.

But the game through eight innings was scoreless and, for the most part, lacking in incident, save for a couple of double plays and a base-running blunder by the Giants which had left Carlo muttering darkly about brainlock.

The soccer game was a scoreless tie between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona.

Between Bennie and the Taiwanese pitcher it was a virtually scoreless game.

Between Bennie and the Taiwanese pitcher it was a virtually scoreless game.

And closer to home, the Angels and Blue Devils played to a scoreless tie.

He knew that he had fought Morgan himself to a scoreless tie after twisting Herkimer -- and he was no soft touch -- into a pretzel in nothing flat.