Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Having no points scored: Used to describe a period in a game, especially in baseball, during which no team scores any runs.
   • Without a hit: Used to describe a batter in baseball who has failed to achieve a hit in a specified number of at-bats or over a period of time.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The pitcher threw a hitless inning, retiring all three batters.
  • The star player is currently in a slump and went hitless for the entire series.

Advanced Usage

• "hitless streak": A consecutive period during which a batter fails to get a hit.
  • The rookie ended his hitless streak with a double in the fifth inning.
• "hitless outing": A game appearance by a pitcher in which they allow no hits.
  • The relief pitcher had a hitless outing to secure the win.

Variants and Related Words

• Hit (n/verb): The act of striking the ball successfully in baseball or other sports; to achieve such a strike.
  • He got a hit in the first inning.
• Hitless is primarily used in baseball statistics and commentary.

Synonyms

• Scoreless: Having no points or runs scored (often used for the team or inning context).
• Hit-free: An informal synonym meaning without a hit.

Antonyms

• Hitting: Successfully making contact with the ball for a hit.
• Productive: Having hits or generating offensive success.

Adjective

1. having no points scores
   • a scoreless inning
2. (of a batter) without a hit
   • he went hitless for three innings