colorless
Americanadjective
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without color.
Pure water is colorless.
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pallid; dull in color.
a colorless complexion.
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lacking vividness or distinctive character; dull; insipid.
a colorless description of the parade.
- Synonyms:
- lackluster, drab, dreary, unexciting
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unbiased; neutral.
Other Word Forms
- colorlessly adverb
- colorlessness noun
Etymology
Origin of colorless
Example Sentences
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Looming over the colorless town is its hulking circa-1385 monastery, extended in convent courtyards and stately chapels with lofty naves, offering dazzling displays of stained glass.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
By contrast, many authoritarian leaders are colorless, possessing little or no charisma: Consider Francisco Franco, Antonio Salazar, the Greek colonels, Leopoldo Galtieri, Augusto Pinochet, Park Chung-hee.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
Janet Simmelink—69, retired, and like many people in her milieu, visibly agitated—recently lingered on the outskirts of Denver’s Civic Center Park on a colorless evening, politely tolerating my questions.
From Slate • Apr. 9, 2025
“He’s quite adept at presenting himself as a mild and meek human being… You’d say, ‘Nice guy, totally colorless.’
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2024
Here and there a middle-aged or older woman wore a heavy, colorless kimono, and a couple of somewhat younger women wore colored ones.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
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