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faceless

[ feys-lis ]

adjective

  1. without a face:

    a faceless apparition.

  2. lacking personal distinction or identity:

    a faceless mob.

  3. unidentified or unidentifiable; concealing one's identity:

    a faceless kidnapper.



faceless

/ ˈfeɪslɪs /

adjective

  1. without a face
  2. without identity; anonymous


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Derived Forms

  • ˈfacelessness, noun

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Other Words From

  • faceless·ness noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of faceless1

First recorded in 1560–70; face + -less

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Example Sentences

It’s a relief to once again have the convenience of running to the male-owned store down the block and buying cheap cheese from a faceless company that’s probably owned by a male-owned hedge fund.

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This “Encounter” is a reminder that the faceless have faces.

With their bodies concealed by head-to-toe PPE, Ramos knew that it was easy for patients and the public to see them as a faceless bloc instead of real people who were just as, if not more so, emotionally impacted by the daily loss of life.

Ghostwriters, typically the faceless forces behind many books by famous non-writers, are now becoming more visible, with celebrities openly teaming up with high-profile professionals.

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You become faceless, which is very similar to what crowdworkers experience.

We laughed hard, harder even than those nameless, faceless laughers in whatever mysterious locale Bill Cosby was performing.

A nameless, faceless entity known to his followers as Spot News, the handle of his Twitter and Instagram accounts.

In a message that would resonate profoundly if given today, he warned against the intrusive power of a faceless state.

So plainly faceless malignity was much on his mind when he wrote this book.

Especially not by the faceless boogymen that spew threats with no accountability.

One of the Greek main characters, you know, is to be απροσωπος, faceless.

The faceless, eyeless armed man above me kept his gun very level.

The wood pile burned evenly and glaringly, and the faceless shadows quivered around it.

The white walls of the little room seemed to radiate a dry coldness and a pale, faceless sadness.

The silent machines crept over their snow-packed ways, the faceless people stood in frozen groups.

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