1
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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2
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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as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
the facelessness of those early participants in the American civil rights movement
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Recent Examples of faceless
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
Anger surges next, focused on faceless executives, a faltering economy, or even yourself.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Within seconds, the door was opened by a faceless robot dressed in a beige bodysuit that clung tight to its trim waist and long legs.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
In the footage, the faceless android is seen suspended from the ceiling, its limbs twitching and moving in an unsettlingly human-like manner.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
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Adjective
And in an infamous example, on February 18, the White House account posted a 41-second video of faceless men being shackled and marched onto planes.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 28 Mar. 2025
Anger surges next, focused on faceless executives, a faltering economy, or even yourself.
—Jack Kelly, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Within seconds, the door was opened by a faceless robot dressed in a beige bodysuit that clung tight to its trim waist and long legs.
—Cade Metz, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2025
In the footage, the faceless android is seen suspended from the ceiling, its limbs twitching and moving in an unsettlingly human-like manner.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faceless
Adjective
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No more boring, irrelevant training modules—this is learning at the speed of work.—
Lisa Bodell,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Some of this may happen under cover of darkness, but much of it happens in the open, under cover of arcane technocracy or boring bureaucracy.—
Andrew Marantz,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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The unnamed child is responsible for damaging a 1960 Mark Rothko painting reportedly worth €50 (about $56 million) inside the Boijmans Van Beuningen museum in Rotterdam.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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In an office-wide email obtained by ProPublica, Martin quoted an unnamed contact who compared the DOJ’s use of the obstruction statute to President Franklin Roosevelt’s decision to imprison more than 100,000 Japanese Americans in internment camps during World War II.—
Andy Kroll,
ProPublica,
28 Apr. 2025
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Where cost per ton, energy inputs, and integration pathways will decide who wins contracts from Microsoft and Stripe — and who fades into obscurity.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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While many frontier towns have faded into obscurity, Pray still has its own zip code—59865—thanks to this working government service.—
Colin Burke,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
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Video posted online by the DEA Sunday morning showed federal officers breaking a large front window of a nondescript building as people fled through the door into the night, only to be stopped by additional armed federal agents.—
Chris Boyette,
CNN Money,
27 Apr. 2025
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Their campaign has been drifting towards a nondescript conclusion for several weeks.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
23 Apr. 2025
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The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has set up free, anonymous drop-off sites across the country where Americans can leave their unused prescription medications.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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This could be anonymous reporting systems for employees and ensuring that bias is mitigated in workplace systems through tools like calibration and scorecards/rubrics for hiring.—
Janice Gassam Asare,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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After the closing notes, silence reigned as Jamal slowly got up from his stool.—
KiMi Robinson,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
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For Jones, whose directorial debut could have died in that moment, the silence was unthinkable.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
29 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The unidentified teens allegedly punched the man in the face and hit him with a backpack before running away.—
Brie Stimson , Louis Casiano,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The driver, an unidentified woman, was taken into custody after 12:30 p.m. while TV news helicopters broadcast the standoff live overhead.—
Andrew J. Campa,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Apr. 2025
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One thing President Trump can’t tariff into oblivion is your favorite Spanish-language content produced in Mexico and imported for U.S. audiences.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
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Then a call from Reagan — yes, Reagan — threatening to sue all of them into oblivion sends Joe racing to Mooney’s.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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