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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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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
The tattoos are outlined in black, as seen on their Instagram Stories, and are also displayed in their black-and-white Instagram carousel overlaid with the colorless filter.
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Simply’s primary ingredient is gelatin, a colorless, flavorless substance derived from animal collagen.
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Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Simply's primary ingredient is gelatin, a colorless, flavorless substance derived from animal collagen.
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ABC News,
19 May 2026
Radon is colorless and odorless, so there’s no way to detect it without testing.
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Ryan Brennan
may 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
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Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
Simply’s primary ingredient is gelatin, a colorless, flavorless substance derived from animal collagen.
—
Dee-Ann Durbin,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2026
Simply's primary ingredient is gelatin, a colorless, flavorless substance derived from animal collagen.
—
ABC News,
19 May 2026
Radon is colorless and odorless, so there’s no way to detect it without testing.
—
Ryan Brennan
may 15,
Charlotte Observer,
15 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for colorless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorless
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Each ticket costs $5, and players may pick six numbers from two separate pools of numbers — five different numbers from 1 to 70 (the white balls) and one number from 1 to 24 (the gold Mega Ball) — or select Easy Pick/Quick Pick.
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Blue-and-white stripes instantly channel summer, and this puff-sleeve top feels far more elevated than its $9 price tag suggests.
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Sometimes safe and boring can be a winning strategy.
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The cause can be something as simple as a lack of water or more complex, like fungal wilt diseases, tomato wilt viruses, walnut toxicity, or boring insects.
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This contrasts sharply with Ben Bernanke's transparent regime, which established explicit inflation targets and regular communication to enhance predictability and anchor expectations.
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Companies can prepare workers through reskilling, but also by being transparent in changes that may happen to labor as a result of automation, both for better and for worse.
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Besides toning color, this shampoo acts as a gentle clarifier, removing product buildup from the roots and hair that can make your hair appear dull and greasy.
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The practical step is small and dull, which feels about right.
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Directed by Son Jae-gon and starring Gang Dong-won, Uhm Tae-goo, and Park Ji-hyun, the film tracks a faded first-generation K-pop co-ed dance trio making a reckless attempt to stage a comeback two decades after a plagiarism scandal dissolved their careers.
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The one difference was a new layer of red bricks over the faded previous layer.
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The Virgo moon invites you to take a slower pace today.
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The Targaryen civil war has been a bit of a slow burn so far, though both sides of the family have suffered major casualties.
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But even the most perfect Constitution can be undone by the wicked with the help of the bought, the stupid, and the cowardly.
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White can believe Hokit said something stupid and still believe fighters should be allowed to speak for themselves.
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Looking for a heritage bolt of fabric without having to comb through the dusty shelves of an antiques store?
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On the dusty backroads of Radiator Springs, where Lightning McQueen and his pals live, a shower of meteors threatened to bring destruction upon the quarter-size cars in a scene that disaster movie king Roland Emmerich would endorse.
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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorless. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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