faceless
Americanadjective
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without a face.
a faceless apparition.
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lacking personal distinction or identity.
a faceless mob.
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unidentified or unidentifiable; concealing one's identity.
a faceless kidnapper.
adjective
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without a face
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without identity; anonymous
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of faceless
Explanation
Use the adjective faceless to mean impersonal or anonymous. The corrupt owner of a factory sees his employees as faceless worker bees. The enormous audience in a concert arena appears faceless to the rock band on stage. You also might think of the people who make the laws that affect you every day as nothing but faceless bureaucrats. When there's nothing distinct about a person or group, something that makes them stand out as a unique individual, they're faceless. It's also a good way to describe anything lacking character or interest, like a faceless row of identical suburban houses.
Example Sentences
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Many say it's yet another example of low quality "AI slop" churned out by faceless accounts.
From BBC • Mar. 28, 2026
No one is going to think, “Oh, thank God. I’m so excited to meet this faceless group.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 2, 2025
A baby Jesus has been stolen from a Christmas nativity scene in Brussels which sparked an online furore over its faceless depictions of Christianity's holy family.
From Barron's • Dec. 2, 2025
If these faceless monsters can’t bring themselves to turn off “Bad Day,” they can at least turn down the volume.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 15, 2025
And now, twenty years later, I’m left with faceless responsibility and faceless grief.
From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien
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