1
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
Charley tells Craig how Salley makes everything worse for them, and Craig is also faceless, neckless, elbowless, and senseless.
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Others have questioned how The Economist can successfully remain a faceless print monolith in an era of personalization.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
This is the case with respect to the radical redirection of corporate governance under way in the United States borne of the reality that ordinary people, not faceless financial firms or Wall Street titans, actually own Corporate America.
—Robert Profusek, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
McIlroy and other marquee golfers have long advocated shortening the season, rather than crowding the calendar with tournament after faceless tournament.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
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Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2026
Others have questioned how The Economist can successfully remain a faceless print monolith in an era of personalization.
—Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Feb. 2026
This is the case with respect to the radical redirection of corporate governance under way in the United States borne of the reality that ordinary people, not faceless financial firms or Wall Street titans, actually own Corporate America.
—Robert Profusek, Fortune, 11 Feb. 2026
McIlroy and other marquee golfers have long advocated shortening the season, rather than crowding the calendar with tournament after faceless tournament.
—Ron Kroichick, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faceless
Adjective
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Simply, Florida’s Pro Day was as boring as ever.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
28 Mar. 2026
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Given a list, the sorts of things Americans are comfortable with AI doing tend to be impersonal or even boring tasks, as well as those that less directly impact them, like proofreading or searching online.—
Anthony Salvanto,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
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Others are more pointed; her recounting of an attempt to make a new friend and the disastrous dinner party that ensued, a nightmarish experience on the set of an (unnamed) indie movie set, a nightmarish experience becoming a member of an (unnamed) celebrity and influencer gym in Los Angeles.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2026
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Either paying for wellness retreat after wellness retreat, or perhaps, staying with unnamed friends.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That summer, Cohen and a team of DOGE operatives touched down at the NRC offices, a series of nondescript towers across from a Dunkin’ in suburban Maryland.—
Avi Asher-Schapiro,
ProPublica,
24 Mar. 2026
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Smaller, nondescript sparrows and wrens steered clear rather than risk attack by the larger cardinals.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Mar. 2026
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An Air Canada flight collided with a firetruck in New York City on March 22, a passenger made a verbal bomb threat Sunday night while taxiing on a Frontier flight in Atlanta and the Raleigh airport was evacuated after an anonymous threat Monday morning.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
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Lindsey Jordan’s third LP of grungy, dreamy guitar rock aims for the same affective highs and lows of her previous records, but the hooks don’t sink as deep, and the production sounds frustratingly anonymous.—
Grace Robins-Somerville,
Pitchfork,
30 Mar. 2026
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The 39th floor penthouse of SoftBank’s downtown Tokyo headquarters is not your usual featureless C-suite.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
24 Feb. 2026
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Objects that were invisible to Hubble are easily revealed to JWST; objects that appear blurry to Hubble appear sharp with JWST views; objects that appeared featureless to Hubble have many clear features visible within them as seen by JWST.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The chatter around streaming bots grew noticeably louder in August 2025, when a prison phone call between Young Thug and an unidentified associate leaked online.—
Kyle Eustice,
VIBE.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Investigators found that an altercation on the bus allegedly involved the suspect and an unidentified female, according to Jaques.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
30 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, this image isn’t a void or hole at all, but a cloud of light-blocking neutral gas, made simply of plain old collections of atoms.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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High ceilings, expansive windows, and a restrained neutral palette creates an atmosphere that feels instantly and effortlessly calm.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
25 Mar. 2026
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Dressed in beige prison outfits and separated from each other by their lawyers, Maduro and his wife wore headsets to hear the translation of the proceedings into Spanish and appeared to be listening intently as the arguments were presented.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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Turrets rose above the desert palette, the sandy beige surroundings starkly contrasted by pops of royal blue and deep teal on rooftops and trims.—
Tiffany Acosta,
AZCentral.com,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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