faceless
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beige, characterless, featureless, indistinctive, neutral, noncommittal, nondescript, vanilla
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In the latest episode of Game of Thrones, Arya finally put her faceless assassin skills to the test and killed the Night King during the Battle of Winterfell in one of the series’ biggest twists ever. — Sara Delgado, Teen Vogue, "Maisie Williams Thought People Would Underestimate Arya Stark and Her Destiny in "Game of Thrones"," 29 Apr. 2019 The Crowd The scene varies by night, and the heavy fog serves as a refreshing equalizer by rendering many nearly faceless. — Tas Tobey, New York Times, "Nowadays, a Backyard Party Spot in Queens, Gets an Indoor Annex," 20 Mar. 2018 But for far too long, they’ve been depicted in popular culture in a negative light as a faceless monolith with no sense of agency or independence. — Shammara Lawrence, Allure, "What MuslimGirl's Amani Al-Khatahtbeh Wants to See From the Beauty Industry in 2019," 27 Mar. 2019 And nowadays there is hardly a television drama series that does not open with the slaughter and evisceration of some faceless young woman. — John Banville, WSJ, "‘Sleeping With Strangers’ Review: Flickers of Desire," 22 Feb. 2019 But experimenting with more decentralized models could give social media users a sense that platforms represented their interests, rather than those of a faceless corporation. — Kevin Roose, New York Times, "Can Social Media Be Saved?," 28 Mar. 2018 The attack was a dangerous escalation in international hacking, as faceless enemies demonstrated both the drive and the ability to inflict serious physical damage. — Nicole Perlroth And Clifford Krauss, New York Times, "A Cyberattack in Saudi Arabia Had a Deadly Goal. Experts Fear Another Try.," 15 Mar. 2018 What all the 2018 drama means for beauty consumers in 2019 The common thread here is that the beauty industry is no longer limited to faceless corporations. — Cheryl Wischhover, Vox, "The biggest beauty trend in 2018? Makeup brands behaving badly," 18 Dec. 2018 If even a handful of these proposals become law, faceless bureaucrats would control the internet instead of energetic entrepreneurs. — Andy Kessler, WSJ, "Warner’s Plan to Ruin the Internet," 12 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'faceless.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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