hitless
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]hitless (not comparable)
- Without any successful songs.
- 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 277:
- While she was hitless herself, Denise produced R & B hits like Bill Coday's "Get Your Lie Straight" and the Sequins' "Hey Romeo."
- (baseball, of a batter) Having failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game.
- Jones is hitless in the last four games.
- (baseball, of a team) Having no hits over a period of time, usually part of one game.
- The team is hitless since the third inning.