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as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
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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as in unnamed
not named or identified by a name
faceless gossipmongers had been spreading rumors about the actor's sexual identity for years
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Recent Examples of faceless
Deputy Chief Larry Rafferty said allowing residents to get up close to the vehicles is a nice way to show police as more than faceless law enforcement.
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Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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All 15 images depict a faceless man wreathed in shadow, wearing a gray hoodie.
—PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Kramatorsk — When wars kill many over years, the names of the dead can bleed into faceless lists.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
The star was getting a bit too old to go around maiming and murdering faceless baddies in recent years; his last several thrillers mostly confined him to cars and trucks.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 July 2025
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Jesse Wright, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
To give you a hint, here are the top Google image results:
All 15 images depict a faceless man wreathed in shadow, wearing a gray hoodie.
—PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2025
Kramatorsk — When wars kill many over years, the names of the dead can bleed into faceless lists.
—Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 31 July 2025
The star was getting a bit too old to go around maiming and murdering faceless baddies in recent years; his last several thrillers mostly confined him to cars and trucks.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faceless
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Farming takes so long and is so boring, some of us said.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Clark County Fire Department said that tunnel boring operations had been temporarily halted at the site pending an ongoing accident investigation.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
11 Sep. 2025
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Social media companies and influencers paid to promote pharmaceutical offerings without proper disclosures will also be targeted by the federal government, according to CNBC, which cited unnamed senior officials.—
Antonio Pequeño IV,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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The Texas Tribune, citing three unnamed sources who spoke with the governor’s office, said Abbott plans to soon issue an executive order regulating THC and an setting the age limit to buy THC products at 21.—
Eleanor Dearman,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Sep. 2025
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Where other presentations emphasize nondescript techno music and straight-size models, Antonoff and Alexsandra showcased their designs through a who's who of celebrities, sporting their new looks while carrying shelter dogs available for adoption.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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But in 2007, Israeli intelligence serendipitously stumbled on evidence of a Syrian nuclear reactor—a miniature replica of North Korea’s Yongbyon facility—that was housed in a nondescript, aboveground complex in the hinterland near the Euphrates River.—
VIPIN NARANG,
Foreign Affairs,
5 Sep. 2025
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Judge Cannon has opted to keep the jury anonymous and partially sequester them during the trial, with federal marshals picking up and dropping off the jurors from a confidential location daily.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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But with the rise of social media and anonymous forums, that may be trickier on the modern internet.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
7 Sep. 2025
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In the far distance lies the Pacific Ocean, and beyond that, featureless protuberances labeled Japan, Russia and China.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
1 Sep. 2025
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The featureless face on the left, gilded from the crown of the head to the midline of the nose (perhaps a nod to classical drawing), shifts deeply into abstraction and human obscurity within the natural world.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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The apology came less than 24 hours after an unidentified shooter opened fire at a college university killing Kirk, a media personality and author.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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The sprawling facility is the nucleus for much of the US Air Force’s operations in the Middle East, and US Central Command, which governs American operations in the region, would view any unidentified incoming aircraft as a potential threat.—
Oren Liebermann,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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As the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis documented, the press are often participants, not merely neutral observers, in the Israel-Islamist conflict.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Stellar mass black holes are considered to be electrically neutral, and until now, primordial black holes were theorized to be the same.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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The iPhone Air will be available in black, white, beige and light blue.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Reaching only about 4 feet long, horn sharks are smaller than other shark species and have tan or beige skin with spots to help with camouflage.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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