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as in boring
causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest page after page of colorless prose without even one neat turn of phrase

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Recent Examples of colorless Mineral oil is odorless, tasteless, and colorless. Lauren O'Connor, Health, 2 Sep. 2025 Instead, choose a colorless cleaner or use a mild dishwashing soap with no dyes. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Sep. 2025 A couple drops of a colorless essential oil. Cody Godwin, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025 The uncut Motswedi diamond is transparent, gem-quality, and displays a light brown color, while the fragments are essentially colorless. David Moin, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for colorless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorless
Adjective
  • Five of them will be white balls with numbers from 1 to 70.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 27 Sep. 2025
  • It is also finished in a unique paint job that combines metallic white, royal blue accents, and exposed carbon-fiber trim.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • And producers are looking again for the serious, boring money with no strings attached.
    Ed Meza, Variety, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The resulting larvae both look and act like screws, boring and twisting into the animal while feasting on its living flesh.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Plus, pioneering inserts like the Nemo window, a transparent area below the waterline where guests can watch marine life flicker past the hull.
    Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 26 Sep. 2025
  • As part of the agreement, Amazon will make its subscription and cancellation processes more transparent.
    Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Boosting Serum is a lightweight, brightening formula designed to even tone and revive dull, tired skin.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The best clarifying shampoo can completely transform a lackluster shower routine, deep cleansing hair, exfoliating the scalp, and banishing excess oils and product buildup that leave strands flat, dull, or frizz-prone.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In 1975, Elvis was a faded star in Vegas and Robert Johnson was just another obscure dead bluesman.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Williams, in a faded plaid shirt, gray hair sprouting from under a John Deere hat, paced.
    Molly Parker, ProPublica, 4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The slow start that Mayfield is alluding to has to do with the Buccaneers only scoring two field goals through the first half, and scoring their first touchdown well into the third quarter.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Construction in the section of Jackson Park, often described as Chicago’s equivalent of Central Park, has been slow.
    Christine Valora, The Washington Examiner, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The real star of this episode, however, was Gretchen Christine Beauté and her stupid Lara Croft outfit.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Among the colorful cast of rogues, villains, queens and clergymen, Andre The Giant stands out as the young suitor’s kind-hearted but stupid brute.
    Duane Byrge, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Glitter’s dusty shadow, fading into the lower part of the brow bone, brought out the moody hue on the lips.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The men walked out of the pub and headed up the dusty road to the cowshed.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorless. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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