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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

Example Sentences

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McMurtry was born in 1936 in Archer City, a town of a few thousand on the sunbaked and featureless plains of north-central Texas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

Fewer than 100 exoplanets have been photographed so far, and even the largest ones appear only as featureless points of light.

From Science Daily • Dec. 6, 2025

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

She had to tilt her head up just to see its featureless face regarding her.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi

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