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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Under the direction of Sarah Frankcom, the actors inflect the dialogue with welcome variety, although the overall tone remains firmly dispassionate and emotionally colorless, as befits the dialogue’s cool tone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 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
Hydrogen sulfide is a colorless, flammable, highly toxic gas with the odor of rotten eggs.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2024
He was an unusual looking white man, his face young, almost unlined, but his hair completely gray and his eyes so pale as to be almost colorless.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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