as in boring
lacking in distinctive features or qualities
was surprised to find that the desert was a flat, featureless, rock-strewn wasteland
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Adjective
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Stick with boring investments to avoid big mistakes from get-rich-quick schemes.—
Jonathan I. Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025 -
Hosting every summit in a big European city would alleviate much of the pressure to re-invent the wheel every time with respect to hotels, transit, and other boring but essential logistical details.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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These traits are not neutral—they’re cognitive biases in disguise.—
Miriam Groom,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Judges can order financially distressed nursing homes into receivership and appoint a neutral third party to take over management and file regular reports to the courts.—
Tamia Fowlkes,
jsonline.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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On a cold evening in November 1988, a crowd was assembling outside a nondescript loft building in New York’s SoHo district.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Aug. 2025
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That’s also around the same time lawyers formed a host of nondescript LLCs, which have been slowly buying property around Burnham Yard.—
Matthew Geiger,
Denver Post,
12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The six band members lined up across the stage in matching navy pants and white and beige baseball tees.—
Sophie Levenson,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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Standouts include a shawl-collar cardigan in sublime gradients of gray, a mustard sweater seemingly inspired by Gorse, the yellow flowered shrub commonly found in the Scottish border, as well as stoles in light beige and dark navy.—
Tianwei Zhang,
Footwear News,
1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The shampoo won't clean as well and can leave behind residue that makes your hair look dull and lifeless.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Aug. 2025
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With major season getting over, August is dull, and McIlroy's absence has become a lightning rod for debates about player responsibility and the Tour's authority.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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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.—
Jesse Wright,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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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
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“Featureless.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/featureless. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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