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colorless

adjective

ˈkə-lər-ləs How to pronounce colorless (audio)
Definition of colorlessnext
1
as in white
lacking an addition of color since we can't decide what color to paint the doghouse, our latest home project remains colorless for the time being

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2
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 Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless gas and can smell like rotten eggs, signaling other contaminants may be in the area as well. — Alexiah Syrai Olsen, Sacbee.com, 10 Aug. 2026 Seemingly in an ode to the song’s low-key history, Gadhia opened with a slow rendition of the pre-chorus and on a dark, colorless stage. — Sophie Lindberg, Kansas City Star, 3 Aug. 2026 This colorless vinegar is also the top choice for pickling vegetables and cleaning around your home. — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 July 2026 This clearer smoke can trigger the formation of other colorless and odorless harmful pollutants. — Kasha Patel, CNN Money, 17 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for colorless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorless
  1. white
  2. boring
  3. transparent
  4. dull
  5. faded
  6. slow
  7. tiring
  8. stupid
Adjective
  • Between a school of banggai cardinalfish, a single juvenile emperor angelfish cut through, its deep blue scales segmented by white, vein-looking striations.
    — John Donegan LONG BEACH POST, Arkansas Online, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In the end, the winners were predominantly white and the speeches were inarguably neutral.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of white
Adjective
  • As a matter of fact, this will probably be one of the more boring editions of this column.
    — Gary Davenport, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Alice’s viewpoint is boring, and anyone who agonizes about it forever will never get to the interesting parts.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of boring
Adjective
  • Unlike a polished piece of metal which is reflective and the same material from every direction, a second surface mirror is an assemblage, has a transparent layer, a reflective layer, and an opaque layer.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Is this organization, much of whose funding is not transparent and comes from member states in the Persian Gulf, designed to make peace, or make money?
    — Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of transparent
Adjective
  • Coach Sean McVay’s strategy of arriving the day before the game backfired and resulted in a dull performance by a team featuring some of the NFL’s biggest stars.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
  • If Khrzhanovsky’s goal was re-creating social and cultural conditions to capture drama at its purest, then the result merely proves Hitchcock’s refrain that drama is life with dull bits cut out.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of dull
Adjective
  • Not to mention, its faded ivy tone is the perfect autumn hue.
    — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Ben Rahilly owns an appliance store, a gift shop, a furniture store and a concrete business in Newberry, a faded logging town about 60 miles west of the Canadian border.
    — Russ McNamara, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of faded
Adjective
  • Complex carbs with fiber slow digestion and sugar absorption, while protein and fat further delay digestion, helping to stabilize blood sugar.
    — Mira Miller, Verywell Health, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Longer messages mean slower communication, so people who study error-correcting codes devise more elaborate schemes to minimize the redundancy in the transmissions while maximizing the number of errors that can be corrected.
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of slow
Adjective
  • Soreness began settling in, and Mincey taught us a technique for safely walking on locked knees to spare our tiring muscles, which got us through the steep and gravelly hike.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • But keeping that up can be a tiring proposition once a Grand Slam rolls around.
    — Rebecca Tauber, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of tiring
Adjective
  • The humor is like laughing about something that was just so stupid, or something that was so traumatic.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • That’s the problem with all of your arguments and stupid comments.
    — Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of stupid

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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorless. Accessed 20 Sep. 2026.

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