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
- facelessness noun
Etymology
Origin of faceless
Example Sentences
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To him we’d never be anything but a faceless, soulless pack of workers.
From Literature
His latest show, “Liminals,” opened last week in a former power plant in Berlin and includes a film of a faceless person navigating mysterious voids.
The room where they meet is a simple space in a faceless hospital but in the corner, there's a pile of boardgames on a chair.
From BBC
Take the strange, faceless building at Melrose and Sycamore avenues, just up from the house where I grew up.
From Los Angeles Times
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
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