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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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
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Customers want to connect with people and purpose, not faceless corporations.
—Doug Flaig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Locations in characterless strip malls or entrenched in faceless multipurpose commercial and residential properties doesn’t replicate the Wooster Street experience.
—Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Our loved ones live forever in our thoughts and prayers, while the faceless hordes being slaughtered in some other country might as well have never lived at all.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
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Adjective
The point of post-Lorde pop isn’t to get faceless crowds grooving mindlessly.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 27 June 2025
Customers want to connect with people and purpose, not faceless corporations.
—Doug Flaig, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
Locations in characterless strip malls or entrenched in faceless multipurpose commercial and residential properties doesn’t replicate the Wooster Street experience.
—Bill Field, Hartford Courant, 19 June 2025
Our loved ones live forever in our thoughts and prayers, while the faceless hordes being slaughtered in some other country might as well have never lived at all.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 18 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for faceless
Adjective
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The main reason Jacksonville is so boring, FinanceBuzz found, is that much of its population is thinly scattered across the city.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 July 2025
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GoPro has also dropped a white version and a forest green version if black is too boring for you.—
Scott Gilbertson,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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In exchange, Leiweke allegedly told the Legends CEO, unnamed by the DOJ, that OVG would give them some of the business through subcontracts.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
9 July 2025
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Meta reportedly bought a stake worth around 3 billion euros ($3.51 billion) in EssilorLuxottica at the current market price and is considering further investments that could expand its share to 5%, Bloomberg reported Tuesday, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter.—
Karen Gilchrist,
CNBC,
9 July 2025
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Without these, even the most advanced models may languish in obscurity.—
Vivian Toh,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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Hometown beauty queen Barbara Parker is plucked from obscurity and rebranded as Sophie Straw, the star of the BBC’s latest hit comedy.—
Mia Barzilay Freund,
Vogue,
7 July 2025
Adjective
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Travelers with insider knowledge can hop to nameless speakeasies or craft cocktail bars down nondescript alleys, or even head to Club Metro, an underground dance club behind a hidden door in the Marutamachi metro station.—
Mark Lakin,
Travel + Leisure,
9 July 2025
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Instead, they are driven around the company campus in a shuttle bus while a guide describes what’s going on in the various, mostly nondescript buildings.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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The Israeli newspaper Haaretz quoted anonymous soldiers who said they were ordered to deliberately open fire at unarmed crowds on their way to the food sites.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
6 July 2025
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The Information, which cited anonymous sources for the report.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Yet this silence only ensures that the aid continues to empower the very actors responsible for mass suffering.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 July 2025
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What looks like profundity might be vacancy, dressed in good tailoring and received in silence.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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To a tomcat being stroked in the crook of an unidentified elbow.—
Andrew Tobias,
Vulture,
7 July 2025
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The unidentified man and woman each was taken to nearby hospitals, OCSO said.—
Natalia Jaramillo,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 July 2025
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However, the most promising of these, a mission named OSIRIS-Apex that breathes new life into an old spacecraft that otherwise would drift into oblivion, is slated for cancellation by the Trump White House's budget for fiscal year 2026.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
27 June 2025
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The Movie features Brad Pitt as a fallen Formula One star who upshifts back from career oblivion and personal wreckage to the pinnacle of racing.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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“Faceless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/faceless. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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