In sports, describing a game or match in which no goals were scored by either team.
From 'goal' plus the '-less' suffix meaning 'without.' This became standard sports terminology, especially in soccer/football.
The '-less' suffix is one of English's most reliable ways to make negatives—'goalless' perfectly captures the disappointment of a match with no scoring, and British sports journalists use it constantly in headlines.
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