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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 Opalite is translucent, the site continues, and often comes in blue, pink or white shades, but can also be colorless. Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025 Formaldehyde, a colorless, odorless gas used in household products, wood-product manufacturing and from burning fossil fuels. Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 30 Sep. 2025 If the glass is colorless, its potential sources are even more limited, because colorless low-iron glass – popularized by Apple’s flagship stores and luxury towers around the world – requires 99% pure silica sand. Aki Ishida, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025 Mendel is bottled at 40% ABV and is a clear, colorless spirit, but that is where the similarity to other vodka ends. Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for colorless
Recent Examples of Synonyms for colorless
Adjective
  • The bright blue hat showcases the white, raised embroidery of the Los Angeles Dodgers logo.
    Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This juxtaposition is seen on the collaboration, with the left shoe donning a white leather base and using precise, high-resolution imagery.
    Riley Jones, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Though the pacing and breadth of the episode ensure that things never get boring, not all the stories are equally compelling.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Klum doesn't want to let anyone down by choosing the boring or easy way out with a costume.
    Hedy Phillips, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Lee made a video about the clear-shoe trend, adopted by the likes of Simone Rocha and Loewe for spring 2026; Loewe layered socks of different colors with transparent kitten heels.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
  • As some contract employers attempted to be as transparent as possible, NASA's communication efforts with its own workforce shrank over the course of the year.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The dull stories the show crafts around them add no insight or substance.
    Kelly Lawler, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But becoming a lawyer wasn’t his calling, and being dull wasn’t his nature.
    Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Scherzinger’s only familiarity with the material was Billy Wilder’s 1950 film, which starred Gloria Swanson as a faded beauty of the silent era hell-bent on a return to relevance.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Her long blond ends drew a stark contrast to her faded brown roots, which were parted down the middle and brushed up in the back.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Those taking GLP-1s showed a slower rise in breath alcohol during the first 10 to 20 minutes and lower overall levels throughout.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Researchers highlighted the current challenges for OCTOID, including slow thermal response and potential fatigue of CLCEs, and the weight of nichrome wires limiting flexibility.
    Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • And that’s a stupid, dumb, mindless question.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Dessert Week is the stupidest week, at least conceptually.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The old shelves with their dusty cans were gone, replaced by three wooden pillars, each with a small platform at chest height.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025

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“Colorless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/colorless. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.

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