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featureless

American  
[fee-cher-lis] / ˈfi tʃər lɪs /

adjective

  1. without distinctive features; uninteresting, plain, or drab.

    a featureless landscape.


featureless British  
/ ˈfiːtʃəlɪs /

adjective

  1. without distinctive points or qualities; undistinguished

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of featureless

First recorded in 1590–1600; feature + -less

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Some nicknamed the protein the “Death Star” for its smooth, featureless surface, which makes it hard for drugs to attach to.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 19, 2026

It was hard to tell — each unit had the same gray, featureless quality that made you feel like you might still be in trouble for something.

From Salon Oct. 14, 2025

From Earth, the Sun is so bright that it appears like a featureless disc.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2025

But, for an elusive conjectured class of materials, physicists have now shown that the surface previously thought to be "featureless" holds an unmistakable signature that could lead to the first definitive observation.

From Science Daily Jan. 16, 2024

The room falls away and I’m in a featureless white landscape dotted with open doors that lead nowhere.

From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon

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