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as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
it was precisely because he was a faceless individual that the serial killer was able to go on for so long without detection
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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
faceless gossipmongers had been spreading rumors about the actor's sexual identity for years
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Recent Examples of faceless
Carpenter is featured on her knees next to a faceless person wearing a suit, standing over her and grabbing her hair.
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
In a free society, the people who enforce the law should never be faceless or unaccountable.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Kurt's key takeaway Instead of relying on faceless phishing emails, scammers are now using hyper-personalized and emotionally charged phone calls.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Deputy Chief Larry Rafferty said allowing residents to get up close to the vehicles is a nice way to show police as more than faceless law enforcement.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
In a free society, the people who enforce the law should never be faceless or unaccountable.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Sep. 2025
Kurt's key takeaway Instead of relying on faceless phishing emails, scammers are now using hyper-personalized and emotionally charged phone calls.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Deputy Chief Larry Rafferty said allowing residents to get up close to the vehicles is a nice way to show police as more than faceless law enforcement.
—Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faceless
Adjective
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And, actually, representative of the sport in these non-boring ’20s.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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Aesha knows a thing or two about Bitcoin, despite finding it a boring topic of conversation — her fiancé, Scott, is into crypto.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Among them are some from the Great Lakes Maritime Collection at the Milwaukee Public Library, others taken by the city for the media, and some by unnamed photographers, Kieselburg said.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
7 Oct. 2025
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Rendy Jones Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin is filled with indelible images, many of them surrounding the inky black pool of water into which Scarlett Johansson’s unnamed character lures her victims.—
Samantha Allen,
Them.,
7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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His more casual look was completed with a pair of tan suede shorts with a pattern of a nondescript image.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
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But in such a nondescript preseason game, with a roster full of Wild hopefuls, Haight is an example of taking advantage of a longer look.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Ninety minutes after the call ended, an anonymous X account began leaking details from the same secondhand report that had been included in the anonymous e-mail.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
5 Oct. 2025
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Can Wisconsin lottery winners remain anonymous?—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Gardner carted his supplies to this featureless patch of earth near the fort, set up his tripods and cameras, and then arranged his dark tent nearby, out of sight of the camera’s lens.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Sep. 2025
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These religious Iranians are bad Iranians, presented here as blandly featureless aside from their obsession with controlling women, while Roya — with her giggling desire to meet Timothée Chalamet — is recognizably more western and therefore good.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Norway, Denmark and Germany have also reported incidents involving unidentified drones in their airspace in last week, causing disruption to airports and air traffic.—
Holly Ellyatt,
CNBC,
1 Oct. 2025
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An unidentified person on the sideline picked the ball up and tossed it back to Biles, who celebrated with a Eurostep toward the stands and tossed the ball to his family.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The federal probation department, considered a more neutral arbiter, recommended a sentence of 70 to 87 months in prison.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
3 Oct. 2025
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The National Alliance to End Homelessness took a neutral position on the bill.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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In addition to classic black color, the leggings are also available in 30 other shades, including gray, beige, and burgundy.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
8 Oct. 2025
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This tool has removed countless spots from my beige couch, pet stains from rugs and carpet, food spills from dining room chairs, and that yellow color that starts to appear on mattresses over time.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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