1
a
: lacking character or individuality : nondescript
the faceless masses
b
: not identified : anonymous
a faceless accuser
2
: lacking a face
facelessness
noun
Examples of faceless in a Sentence
a decision made by faceless bureaucrats
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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Locations in characterless strip malls or entrenched in faceless multipurpose commercial and residential properties doesn’t replicate the Wooster Street experience.
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Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Our loved ones live forever in our thoughts and prayers, while the faceless hordes being slaughtered in some other country might as well have never lived at all.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
Some of this is my reaction to the faceless audience of the internet — just avatars and tweets and posts and comments.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
When a faceless character going by Ghostwriter977 went viral for using AI to fake a song with Drake and The Weeknd in 2023, the move was initially received as a prognosis for music's future, but the novelty quickly wore off.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
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Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Our loved ones live forever in our thoughts and prayers, while the faceless hordes being slaughtered in some other country might as well have never lived at all.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
Some of this is my reaction to the faceless audience of the internet — just avatars and tweets and posts and comments.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2025
When a faceless character going by Ghostwriter977 went viral for using AI to fake a song with Drake and The Weeknd in 2023, the move was initially received as a prognosis for music's future, but the novelty quickly wore off.
—Sheldon Pearce, NPR, 17 June 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faceless. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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faceless
adjective
face·less
ˈfās-ləs 
1
: not able to be identified
2
: lacking a face
facelessness
noun
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