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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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Lina had given up pretending to sleep; her parents were boring today.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
8 Oct. 2025
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Others have called out the boring marketing campaign based around flogging variants in order for Swift to finally beat the record for the biggest opening sales week for a female artist in history (currently held by Adele, which she is likely projected to break).—
Bianca Davino,
Refinery29,
7 Oct. 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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Hardy’s social media feed is dotted with clips of him riding the trio, usually down a nondescript dirt road somewhere in mid-Missouri.—
David Ubben,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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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
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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As the sun rose, they could be seen stationed in an unidentified area, with Israeli flags hoisted up from military vehicles.—
Yamiche Alcindor,
NBC news,
10 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors said Mabon and an unidentified accomplice forced their way into the home through a garage door.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Maria Rovito, Instructor of Medical Humanities at Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences reminds her students that language is never neutral.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
11 Oct. 2025
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The bedding’s calming, neutral gray tone is a great fit for a range of decor styles, from minimalistic to modern.—
Mariana Best,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 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 12 Oct. 2025.
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